ROUND 4 --- TORONTO HYBRID MIRROR: ORLANDO (2016)
Questions revised from the Toronto Hybrid set, with editing and writing by Travis Vitello, with support from Virginia Ruiz, Ian McKenzie, Jihye Shin, Billy Beyer, McKinnie Sizemore, Kevin Comer, Peter Torres, Zach Foster, Alex Shaw, Taylor Harvey, and Sean Platzer
TOSSUPS
1. One of this man's poems ends with the couplet “They would not find me changed from him they knew / Only more sure of all I thought was true.” Another of his poems mentions “Looking downhill to a frothy shore” and ends with the line “Word I had no one left but God.” In addition to writing “Into My Own” and “Bereft,” this poet imagined a “luminary clock against the sky” in “Acquainted with the Night” and he described the death of an etherized boy who had earlier lost his hand to a snarling buzz saw in the poem "Out, Out-." This man mentions how he knows "enough of hate" when describing two different ways in which the world may end according to his poem “Fire and Ice.” For ten points, name this poet of “Birches” and “The Gift Outright” who described how “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood” in “The Road Not Taken.”
ANSWER: Robert Lee Frost
2. This man played the character Dick Pants in the Michael Myers comedy The Love Guru. Along with comedian Andy Zaltzman, this man was a long-time host for the satirical podcast, The Bugle. This man joined Zaltzman as Victor Gooch, a member of Research Team 32 on a BBC Radio 4 program titled The Department. This man broke his nose when covering a Civil War reenactment in 2006 for a show on which this man would often be referred to as “Senior British Correspondent.” Recurring segments on this man’s current program include “Other Countries’ Presidents of the United States,” “How Is This Still a Thing,” and pleas for the safe return of Russian Space Sex Geckos. This man forgave $15 million in medical debt on one episode of his HBO show, a program where he spearheaded a movement to "Make Donald Drumpf Again." For ten points, name this former Daily Show correspondent, the host of Last Week Tonight.
ANSWER: John Oliver
3. Speaking to Helen Plane and her colleagues, the original artist of the work at this site criticized that its first concept “would look like a postage stamp on a barn door.” Because of World War I [“one”], work on this site did not begin until 1923. Warren G. Harding said that the “gigantic work [here was] certain to rank among the immortal memorials created by men,” and one of the men who worked on it became known as “Dynamite Davis” after a Belgian engineer, Jean Vanophem, taught the original artist a process for precision blasting. Doane ["dwayne"] Robinson learned of the work here and contacted the original artist, Gutzon Borglum, to execute a different project in South Dakota’s Black Hills. Roy Faulkner finished its giant bas relief which shows three men on horseback holding hats over their hearts. For ten points, name this Georgia site of a Confederate memorial carving depicting the likenesses of Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, and Stonewall Jackson.
ANSWER: Stone Mountain
4. Captain Albert Baratier was chosen as an emissary to relay the details of this event, which had caused ThéophileDelcassé to comment on its absurdity. Although it isn’t Borgu, the site where this event took place would eventually be renamed to the Shilluk word Kodok. One side reached the site of this event after defeating a Mahdist army at Omdurman, while the other side had earlier spent months traveling across the Bahr el-Ghazal and partly up the Ubangi River on the steamship Faidherbe; those travels were prompted by Gabriel Hanotaux’s dispatch of Jean-Baptiste Marchand while simultaneously Horatio Kitchener was trekking up the Nile towards Khartoum. As a result of this event, the countries involved had their respective spheres of influence demarcated by the watersheds of the Nile and Congo Rivers. The Entente Cordiale was enacted six years after the diplomatic resolution of, for ten points, what "incident" between France and Britain at a fort in what is now South Sudan?
ANSWER: Fashoda Incident (also accept Fashoda Crisis of 1898)
5. In a review of the film in which this character appears, Roger Ebert noted how he once informed “an English teacher that” he “could write better” short stories than Eudora Welty in an anecdote comparing himself to this “know-it-all.” This character confides to "Lord Jesus" that she knows how it was the “divine hand that disqualified Tammy,” one of this character’s rivals. Another of her rivals, Paul Metzler, decides to run against her after being influenced by the history teacher, Mr. McAllister, played by Matthew Broderick. Pundits have compared female politicians such as Elizabeth Dole and Hillary Clinton to this character, who is revealed in her film’s epilogue as attending Georgetown before becoming a staffer for a Republican Congressman from Nebraska. Reese Witherspoon was nominated for a Golden Globe for playing, for ten points, what overachiever in the Alexander Payne film Election?
ANSWER: TracyFlick (accept either underlined portion)
6. One song by this band was inspired by a debate over euthanasia, featuring lines like “this decision is mine, I have lived a full life," and another song by this band describes a title location “behind the firehouse / where Pewee sits upon the wall to preach” and is titled “Oddfellows Local 151." One of this band’s songs is dominated by a howling, siren-like feedback loop for six and a half of its seven minutes. That song by this band is “Leave," and is featured on the album New Adventures in Hi-Fi. That album by this band served as a follow-up to 1994’s Monster, which featured the tracks “You” and “What’s the Frequency, Kenneth?" During readings of "Mean Tweets" on Jimmy Kimmel Live!,the background music is often this band's song "Everybody Hurts." For ten points, name this American alternative rock band whose hits include “Orange Crush” and “Losing My Religion."
ANSWER: R.E.M.
7. This composer wrote a collection of songs for students at his brother’s school, which includes “A New Year Carol” and “Old Abram Brown”: that collection is titled Friday Afternoons. Peter Pears portrayed characters in two of this man's works; those roles were Aschenbach and the Earl of Essex in this man's Death in Venice and Gloriana, respectively. W.H. Auden contributed a libretto to an operetta by this man inspired by the folkloric lumberjack, Paul Bunyan. In one of his works, the title figure is advised not to take another apprentice, while in another of his works the song "Starry Vere, God Bless You!" is performed; that latter work was based on a Herman Melville novel. Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell and Billy Budd are compositions by, for ten points, what 20th-century English composer of Peter Grimes, a War Requiem, and The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra?
ANSWER: Edward Benjamin Britten
8. Nadel and O’Keefe coined the term “slam on the brakes!” to describe the inhibitory function of this neurological structure. One of this structure’s main functions was discussed by Scoville and Milner in a 1959 paper in which Henry Gustav Molaison had this neurological structure surgically destroyed in an attempt to relieve his epileptic seizures. This structure plays a small role in olfactory sensation, and a major role in spatial navigation, or cognitive mapping, and long-term potentiation was first observed in this structure. This structure is located inside the medial temporal lobe and consists of two interlocking parts known as Ammun’s horn and the dentate gyrus. For ten points, name this structure that resembles either a “silkworm” or a “seahorse” and whose destruction leads to anterograde and retrograde amnesia, and which plays a significant role in memory.
ANSWER: hippocampus
9. This document stated that miscegenation was forbidden as was the ridicule of “natural law,” and it may have been prompted in part by violence towards women by James Cagney. This document consisted of a number of “Don’ts” and “Be Carefuls,” and forbade ridiculing the clergy or implying white slavery. During the lapse between the time this document was passed to when it began to be enforced, the Marx Brothers lampooned it in their film Duck Soup by implying that bestiality with a horse was preferable to a man and woman sharing a bed. A consequence to this set of rules was the more moderate depictions of Betty Boop after the 1920s, and it has often been considered a reaction to what some felt was the romanticizing of crime bosses as seen in films like The Public Enemy. The MPAA replaced, for ten points, what movie code adopted in 1930 that governed the self-censorship of the American film industry?
ANSWER: Hays Code (or Motion Picture Production Code)
10. This game’s 2015 world champion was the Swedish Ostkaka, while a recent announcement for this game titled “A New Way To Play” introduced a new variation on one of its play modes. The warning “bots may explode” accompanies one character from this non-MMORPG, where another character named Uther Lightbringer uses the emote “well met!” This game, whose Goblins and Gnomes expansion includes Dr. Boom, allows players to compete in “Arena” mode and in a rotating weekly “Tavern Brawl.” Players in this game can spend mana to activate a class-specific hero power and play cards from a 30 card deck. For ten points, name this free-to-play Blizzard online card game based on the Warcraft franchise.
ANSWER: Hearthstone
11. Cumberbatch and Howitt argued that the results of this study were not generalizable to the real world when citing the artificiality of its setting. In a previous related experiment with Huston, subjects were placed into rooms in either a “model friendly” or “model cold” environment to examine the effects on the subjects’ observation-learning. This experiment, by the author of Self-Efficacy, was followed 2 years later by a similar investigation published under the title “Imitation of Film-Mediated Aggressive Models”; that study tested the behavioral influences of a real-life model, one on film, and another as a cartoon cat, each interacting with a certain weighted object. One subject in this experiment commented that “He’s a good fighter like Daddy!” after seeing an adult shout things like “Hit him down,” “Kick him,” and “Pow” while attacking an inflatable toy. The social learning of children was tested at Stanford University’s Nursery School, in, for ten points, what study led by Albert Bandura?
ANSWER: Bobo doll experiment
12. In a 2008 match against Anorthosis Famagusta, this man became the youngest player in Inter Milan's club history to net a Champions League goal. This man and his then-17-year-old brother Enock were once arrested for strolling around a women's prison in Brescia; when asked why he was there, this man replied that he "just fancied having a look." Police responding to a car accident involving this man questioned why he was carrying a large amount of cash, to which he replied "Because I am rich!" On the subject of racism, this man has threatened to kill anyone who lobs a banana at him, and he was once caught throwing darts at children while a member of Manchester City. This son of Ghanaian refugees has been on recent loan to AC Milan from his current squad, Liverpool. For ten points, name this Italian soccer player known for his many off-the-pitch incidences.
ANSWER: Mario Balotelli (accept Mario Barwuah)
13. Ptolemy attributed the discovery of this phenomenon to the Greek astrologer and trigonometry founder, Hipparchus. The frame-dragging Lense-Thirring effect is a relativistic correction of this phenomenon, a form of which is named for de Sitter. The Bargmann–Michel–Telegdi equation can be used to describe the behavior of the Larmor form of this phenomenon which affects bodies featuring magnetic moments. The more general form of this phenomenon is a result of the inverse-square law of gravity, and occurs due to tidal forces from the sun and the moon. Minor forms of this phenomenon are referred to as nutation and a notable consequence of this phenomenon is the changing of pole stars. For ten points, name this phenomenon, an aberration of axial rotation due to external gravitational forces which results in a planetary “wobble.”
ANSWER: precession
14. In Hawaiian creation myth, these creatures are the lone survivors of the previous, alien world, and these creatures are frequently depicted in the artifacts of the Moche people. In the Victor Hugo novel Toilers of the Sea, the protagonist battles one of these creatures. The Pacific Northwest Tree variety of one of these creatures was a hoax meant to expose the lack of internet literacy in American schoolchildren. One of these creatures in Oberhausen, Germany made headlines in 2010 when it correctly predicted many FIFA World Cup matches as well as the tournament’s final outcome. The throwing of these animals onto the ice has become a playoff tradition at Detroit Red Wings games. Blanket, Caribbean Reef and Blue-Ringed are varieties of, for ten points, what eight-armed cephalopods?
ANSWER: octopus (acceptoctopi or octopode; prompt on “cephalopod” until mentioned, do not accept or prompt on “squid” or “mollusk”)
15. One of these objects is the namesake of Elenna, the gift of the Valar to the faithful Edain. The crown of Arnor has one of these objects as its main heraldic device, in reference to Elros Tar-Minyatur’s heritage. Celebrimbor, the fifth son of Feanor, etched one of these objects into the Doors of Durin in Eregion. After the death of the Two Trees, the Valar hung a sickle made of these objects above the Calacirya; that sickle, unlike Arien, known as the ship of day, was made by Varda, at times called ElberethGilthoniel. Ithildin, made from mithril, can be read by the moon or by the light of these objects. The last remaining Silmaril became an example of, for ten points, what celestial objects that are guarded by Earendil the Mariner in the night sky?
ANSWER: stars
16. Billboard ranked this musical group fourth in the category of time spent at number one, a position they held for 50 weeks, and this group began under the name Unique Attraction when it was co-founded with former member Marc Nelson. A hit single off their first album reached the top of the charts worldwide in 1992, and featured lyrics such as “When I can’t sleep at night without holding you tight, girl each time I try I just break down and cry." That album for this group was Cooleyhighharmony, and their only LP recorded for Universal Records featured the tracks "Thank You in Advance" and "Pass You By"; that later album was Nathan Michael Shawn Wanya, and was named for this group's members. In one of theirs songs, the group sings “Like you want me to / And I’ll hold you tight / Baby all through the night” following the title lyric. For ten points, name this R&B vocal group known for emotional ballads such as “End of the Road” and “I’ll Make Love to You."
ANSWER: Boyz II Men [“boys to men”]
17. After surgically removing his sister’s uterus so that only he can produce an heir to the family fortune, a character on this show is fed hallucinogenic drugs, which leads to him mutilating his own face before being drowned in a tank of eels. One character on this show remarks, “Killing must feel good to God, too. He does it all the time, and are we not created in his image?” Murder victims on this show are often found converted into art pieces, including one whose vocal cords are tanned in order to create a fully functioning cello. All episodes of this show are named for French, Italian and Japanese gourmet dishes except for its last five episodes, which are named after William Blake works. Novels by Thomas Harris inspired, for ten points, what NBC television series that saw Mads Mikkelsen star as the titular serial killer, who was portrayed by Anthony Hopkins in The Silence of the Lambs?
ANSWER: Hannibal(do not accept or prompt on "(Dr.) Hannibal Lecter")
18. Lands were divided into taxable units called myo during this period, and a violent disruption of this era is recounted in The Shokyuki. This period saw the formal implementation of a government system where the reigning Emperor would abdicate but still retain his influence and power; that was known as the insei system. This era culminated in a war that was decided at the Battle of Dan-no-Ura, where the Taira were defeated at sea. The Gosannen and Zenkunen conflicts took place during this period, which also saw a communications gaff result in the so-called "Ako controversy." Although the Emperor was nominally the head of state, much of this period was de facto ruled by the Fujiwara clan, and this period was ended by the Genpei War. The Tale of Genjiwas written during, for ten points, what period of classical Japanese history that lasted from 794 to 1185 AD and had its capital at modern-day Kyoto?