VETO 2009 – Jittany + JUNTA = Double J
Toss Up
1) This infection is primarily caused by Staphylococcus aureus, but can also be caused by Staphylococcus pyrogenes. From the Latin for “to assail”, this disease most commonly affects children between the ages of 2 and 6, but it also commonly contracted by people who participate in rugby, football, wrestling or other contact sports.FTP, name this bacterial skin infection that produces honey-coloured crusts.
Answer:Impetigo
2) This poem opens with: "of man's first disobedience, and the fruit / of that forbidden tree, whose mortal tast / brought death into the World, and all our woe." Its numerous editions have famously been illustrated by artists including William Blake, Gustave Dore, and Salvadore Dali, and it is the literary basis for Philip Pullman's ``His Dark Materials'' trilogy of novels. FTP, name this poem that takes place partly in Pandæmonium', the capital of Hell, an account of the fall of man by John Milton.
Answer: Paradise Lost
3) Founded in 997 when its inhabitants were baptized by Saint Adalbert of Prague, this city was given special status by King Bathory ofPoland since its seige in 1577. Throughout its history, it has been controlled by Teutonic Order, Prussia, Germany, and it has also existed as a free state. A shipyard by the same name was the birthplace of Lech Walesa's Solidarity movement, and Germany did not relinquish all claims to it until the Treaty of Warsaw was signed in 1970. FTP, name this city, the fourth largest in Poland.
Answer: Gdansk or Danzig
4) It has 15 different narrators in its 59 chapters, including one narrating from the inside of a coffin post-mortem. Set in Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi, this novel's title is taken from ``The Odyssey'', in which Agamemnon speaks to Odysseus, preceding “… the woman with the dog's eyes would not close my eyes as I descended into Hades''. Preceded a year earlier by ``The Sound and The Fury'', for ten points, name this Faulkner novel it is written entirely in the stream of consciousness style, telling the death of Addie Bundren.
Answer: As I Lay Dying
5) Originally known as "The Total Overcomers", the logo for this group consisted of its name superimposed on an image of the rings around a planet inside a keyhole. Members of the group added "-ody" to their first names in order to differentiate themselves as "children of the next level", and members were encouraged to hate the world "to the extent to be willing to leave it without any proof of the Next Level's existence". FTP, name this cult led by Marshall Applewhite whose 39 members were beckoned by Hale-Bopp to depart to another world through an act of cult suicide.
Answer: Heaven’s Gate
6) It is depicted on the reverse of the Albanian 1 lek coin and on the Louisiana state flag. The original name of Sir Frances Drake’s Golden Hinde, it is also the United States Coast Guard designation for the Sea King helicopter. The Dalmatian variety of this bird can have a wingspan of up to 3.5 meters and the Australian variety have the longest bills of any bird. For ten points, name this bird with a large pouched bill.
Answer: Pelican
7) Plutarch wrote of her, "she is both wise, and a lover of wisdom; as her name appears to denote that, more than any other, knowing and knowledge belong to her", and it is written on her shrine in Sais that "I am all that hath been, and is, and shall be; and my veil no mortal has hitherto raised." Her symbol is the tyet, which symbolizes welfare, or life, and she is typically depicted wearing the headdress of Hathor, sometimes holding her child, Horus. The daughter of Geb and Nut, FTP, name this sister and wife of Osiris, the Egyptian Goddess of fertility.
Answer: Isis
8) This novel features a wide variety of questionable cures for impotence, including anal penetration with a pepper covered leather dildo, and soaking ones genitals in the juice of watercress. It is an account of the life of Encolpius, an impotent former gladiator, and his lover, a sixteen year old boy named Giton. Many portions of it have been lost and it is unclear whether it was originally written as a satire. It opens with its narrator Encolpius standing outside a school in Campania railing against false taste in literature caused by declamatory education. A work of 141 chapters, and a mix of both prose and poetry, it is generally believed to have been written during the reign of Nero by Gaius Petronius. FTP, name this Roman novel.
Answer: Satyricon
9) The main decay mode for neutral pions produces two. Paul Villard discovered them in 1900 while studying radiation emitted from radium. Mössbauer spectroscopy is based on the resonant emission and absorption of them in solids. The three main ionization processes for these are the photoelectric effect, Compton scattering, and pair production. For ten points, name these photons of shorter wavelength than X-rays.
Answer: Gamma Rays or Gamma Photons(grudgingly accept photon before Villard, grudgingly accept X-ray before mentioned, do not accept gamma radiation)
10) This took place on January 15, 1947, but the motivations behind it have never been determined. Prior to the event in question, its namesake was born in Hyde Park, Massachusetts, the daughter of a miniature golf constructor. Though some believed the namesake to have been a call girl andpossessed "infantile genitalia", neither rumour is now believed to be true. FTP, name this event, the results of which were discovered in Leimert Park, LA, when a severely mutilated 22-year old female body was found, cut in two, and with its blood drained.
Answer: Black Dahlia Murder (accept: Murder of Elizabeth Short, or equivalents)
11) No longer included in the American Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, this term was coined by William Cullen in 1769 to refer to "disorders of sense and motion". There are many different manifestations of this condition, including hysteria, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and pyromania. Carl Jung found that politics could be thought of as suffering from this condition, and according to psychoanalytic theory it can develop as an ego defense mechanism. For ten points, what is this term denoting a "general affection of the nervous system".
Answer: Neurosis (accept Psychoneurosis or Neurotic Disorder)
12) Ptolemy's Geographia contains the first written reference to this people living north of the Elbe with a name thought to derive from a word for a unique knife. In its namesake wars, they were conquered by Charlemagne in a long series of campaigns from 772 to 804. For ten points, name this confederation of Germanic tribes that participated in the settlement of Britain in the fifth century AD.
Answer: Saxons
13) Samuel Leonard Tilley took inspiration from Psalm 72:8 in coining this term at the London Conference of December 1866 discussing the confederation of four of the British North American colonies. A namesake act from 1872 encouraged the settlement of Canada's prairie provinces. On October 27th, 1982, the name Canada Day superseded this term for Canada’s national holiday. FTP, name this term, also common in the formal name of Canada until the 1950s.
Answer: Dominion
14) There are two symphonies given this name and associated with Beethoven. The first is actually Brahm's Symphony No. 1 in C minor. The second was assembled from fragments of Beethoven's writing by Barry Cooper, and first recorded in 1988 by Wyn Morris and Walter Weller. Schubert's symphony of this name also is unfinished, haven been written in the last weeks of his life. Unlike these other composers, after writing a symphony with this name, Mozart went on to write another 31 symphonies. FTP, name this common numerical name.
Answer: Symphony X (accept 10th Symphony, Symphony No. 10, or equivalents)
15) This is mentioned in Act One, Scene One of Henry V. In 333 BC while at the capital of Phrygia, Alexander the Great attempted to solve this puzzle. When he failed, he sliced it in half with a stroke of his sword, producing the required ends. For ten points, identify this puzzle that is often used as a metaphor for an intractable problem solved by bold action.
Answer: Gordian Knot
16) French Canadian film actress Geneviève Bujold was originally cast for the lead role in this series, but she was replaced before the pilot was completed. Other actors on this included Ethan Phillips who plays the chef and Robert Picardo who plays the Doctor. Its crew consisted of both Maquis (MA-KEE) rebels and original members of its namesake crew which suffered major losses in the series premiere. FTP, name this UPN show named for a vessel that was transported to the Delta Quadrant, 70,000 light-years from Earth.
Answer: Star Trek: Voyager
17) Its all-time height was reached in June 1980, reaching 21.98%, and its all-time low was back in July 1953 when it registered only 2.97%.Developed in the 1960s by Arthur Okun, it is the sum of the inflation rate and the unemployment rate, and it does not factor in GDP and bank interest rate. FTP, name this economic indicator that supposedly measures the suffering experienced by a country's populace, frequently referenced by Jimmy Carter during his election run in 1976.
Answer: Misery Index
18) A monument known by this name stands in Whitehall, London. It is a sparse stone structure with the words “The Glorious Dead” and wreathes carved into each end. The National War Memorial in Ottawa is a tall granite example of this. One is located in Victory Square in downtown Vancouver commemorating the World War One war dead. FTP, give this term, from the Greek for empty tomb, for a monument erected in honour of a person or group whose remains lie elsewhere.
Answer: Cenotaph
19) Major falls along its route include Ripon Falls, Tis Issat Falls, and Rusumo Falls, and two main branches of it are known to locals as ``Bahr al Azraq'' and ``Bahr al Jabal'.' This river has two main tributaries, and near its delta again splits into two main distributaries, the Damietta in the east and the Rosetta to the west. Major cities lying along its path include Luxor, Aswan, and Khartoum. FTP, name this river whose first ever full traversal was documented in the National Geographic feature film, ``The Longest River''?
Answer: Nile
20.) Johann Philipp Siebenkees created the history of the device as a hoax in 1793. Popular lore states that this device would have caused asphyxiation or death from blood loss due to the spikes. Often associated with the Middle Ages, it was still being used in the 20th century, with Uday Hussein owning a crude one that was allegedly used on Iraqi soccer players. FTP, name this torture device consisting of an iron cabinet large enough to encase a human.
Answer: Iron Maiden
21) The central idea behind this method relies on the theory that memory, personality, and identity is physically stored in cellular structures and chemistry, and perhaps the most famous person who went through this procedure was Ted Williams. Revival has so far proven beyond modern science except for some microscopic animals such as water bears. There were tabloid rumours recently that Michael Jackson’s body would have undergone this procedure, but it was not processed in time. FTP, name this preservation method for humans and animals that relies on low temperature.
Answer: Cryonics or Cryopreservation(Do not accept cryogenics)
22) Although she eventually shows up as a prostitute in Boston and has had an affair with John Proctor, she is only a girl of seventeen. At the beginning of the novel, we learn that this girl and two other girls, Betty and Tituba, have been engaged in occult rituals in the woods, leading to rumours that she has been performing witchcraft. In order to protect her identity, she accuses some of the townspeople of being involved with the devil, and this resulted in her becoming the foremost accuser in the court trying the witches. FTP, name this accuser of the Salem Witch trials of 1692, also a character in the Crucible.
Answer: Abigail Williams
23) Minor characters include Esme, played by Elizabeth Reaser, and James, played by Cam Gigandet. The actors playing the Cullens wore topaz-colored contacts while Kristen Stewart, who played the lead Bella, wore brown contacts to match the character’s description in the book. Awards received by this 2008 movie include 5 MTV Movie Awards including “Best Fight” and “Best Kiss”. For ten points, name this Catherine Hardwicke directed film about teenage vampire love.
Answer: Twilight
24) According to stellar evolution theory, these nuclides have existed in their current form since before Earth was formed. It is also a rare category of dwarfism associated with a uniformly small body size. An –ism from this root word states that nations are ancient, natural phenomena. For ten points, give this word meaning first created, from the Latin “first” and “to begin”.
Answer: Primordial
25) Impetigo, Paradise Lost, Danzig, As I Lay Dying, Heaven’s Gate, Pelican, Isis, Satyricon, Gamma Ray, Primordial, Abigail Williams, Saxon, Dominion, Symphony X, Gordian Knot, Voyager, Misery Index, Cenotaph, Nile, Cryonics, Neurosis, Twilight, Black Dahlia Murder, and Iron Maiden, are all examples of bands that play this genre of music. FTP, name this type of music whose subgenres include speed, black, and death.
Answer: Metal (accept equivalents)
Bonus
1) Name these 20th century literary works for 10 points each, if you need the author you only get 5
a) Speculating on Jane Austen’s writing process and what life would be like for a fictional Shakespeare’s sister, this work is an early feminist classic.
Author: Virginia Woolf
Answer: A Room of One’s Own
b) This romance follows its heroine through repressive Edwardian culture in both England and Italy and opens with complaints over a hotel room from which the work gets its title.
Author: E.M. Forster
Answer: A Room with a View
c) This play takes place in a close knit Italian-American community who lives beneath the BrooklynBridge, off of longshoremen wages and largely under their own laws.
Author: Arthur Miller
Answer: A View from the Bridge
2) FTPE, answer the following about Canadian popular music.
a) Nominees this year include Fucked Up’s The Chemistry of Common Life, Metric’s Fantasies, and Chad VanGaalen’s Soft Airplane. Considered Canada’s answer to Britain’s Mercury Prize and Canadian hipsters’ answer to the Junos, name this award given to the year’s best Canadian album.
Answer: Polaris Music Prize
b) A former Polaris juror, this former MuchMusic VJ now hosts the CBC Newsworld program, The Hour.
Answer: George Stroumboulopoulos
c) In somewhat of an upset, Owen Pallet won the inaugural Polaris Prize in 2006 with He Poos Clouds under this video game-inspired moniker.
Answer: Final Fantasy
3) FTPE, answer the following questions on recent happenings in the world of technology.
a) Google recently released a light-weight operating system, which shares its look-and-feel with the web browser of the same name.
Answer: Chrome
b) This company recently released the first beta of its 3.0 codeline of their JavaScript library, YUI [WHY-you-EYE].
Answer: Yahoo!
c) Microsoft is once again trying to make headway into the internet search space. In June, they launched this attempted Google-killer, which goes by this 4-letter name.
Answer: Bing
4) Name the statistical probability distribution, 5-5-10-10.
a) A discrete distribution, it takes value 1 with probability p and value 0 with probability 1-p.
Answer: Bernoulli
b) Another discrete distribution, it describes the number of successes in a sequence of n independent binary experiments
Answer: Binomial
c) A class of continuous distributions, these describe the times between events in a Poisson [PWAH-sohn] process
Answer: Exponential
d) A continuous distribution, it arises when studying two-dimensional vectors where the elements are uncorrelated, normally distributed, and with equal variance
Answer: Rayleigh
5) Identify the following “portraits,” for ten points each.
a) Written by James Joyce in 1916, it depicts the early years of Stephen Dedalus
Answer: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
b) Joseph Heller's final novel, it tells the story of an elderly author trying to write a novel as successful as his early works.
Answer: Portrait of an Artist, As an Old Man
c) Released in 1994, this Marilyn Manson “portrait” includes the songs "Lunchbox" and "Get Your Gunn".
Answer: Portrait of an American Family
6) Everyone loves a good siege (if you know what I mean). FTPE, identify the siege equipment by the picture.
#1 Answer: Trebuchet
#2 Answer: Ballista
#3 Answer:Mangonel or Onager (Prompt on Catapult)