Ottawa Hybrid 2015
Round 11 - Ottawa
1. This man is described as being tall and looking like Joseph, and he won a battle against enemies in a "German
swine formation" under Hermann of Dorpat. This leader liberated Koporye and visited Sarai to submit to a
census, and he defeated the Swedes at the Izhora River, as described in the Second Pskov Chronicle. This
saint allied with (*) Sartak Khan and Batu Khan of the Golden Horde, and he said that "Whoever comes to us with
a sword perishes from a sword." This brother of Andrei II trapped enemy cavalry into drowning in Lake Peipus, in a
battle against Teutonic Knights that was later glorified by Sergei Prokofiev and Sergei Eisenstein. For 10 points,
name this semi-mythical 13th-century Russian hero who won the Battle of Neva and the Battle of the Ice.
ANSWER: Alexander (Yaroslavich) Nevsky [prompt on partial; Nevsky is a title and not a surname]
2. A character in this work attends a screening of Jules Dassin’s Rififi and avoids eating the Raisinettes mixed
into his popcorn. At a family meal in this work, the hero angrily reminds everyone that his cousin only plays
(*) Division III football. In this film, a girl tells the hero that she has “Jay Leno’s chin” during their first date at a
pizza parlor. A car crash occurs during this film after the main character talks on his cellphone after rushing back
from a car rental office to a performance. The final scene in this film shows the main character playing an epic solo
of the song “Caravan”. For ten points name this drama about Andrew Neiman and his abusive music instructor,
Terrence Fletcher, played by J.K Simmons.
ANSWER: Whiplash
3. Salieri and Meyerbeer were in the orchestra for this piece’s premiere, which was a benefit for wounded
soldiers organized by Johann Maelzel. This piece’s first movement begins with a tutti A major chord before
the first oboe plays E-C-F-sharp followed by another tutti chord. Donald Tovey used the words (*) "Bacchic
fury" about the final movement of this piece. Strings and winds play 61 E's as at the end of its first movement,
which transitions from a poco sostenuto into a six-eight vivace. A sombre melody is introduced on viola and cello in
a baroque-sounding A minor second movement of this symphony. Called the "apotheosis of the dance" by Wagner,
for 10 points, name this Beethoven symphony with a popular allegretto second movement.
ANSWER: Beethoven's 7th symphony [accept just "7th" after you read his name]
4. The Shrove Tuesday court epilogue “As the Dial Hand Tells Ore” is sometimes considered an alternate
epilogue to this play, since it makes reference to mustard pancakes in Act 2. The usual epilogue to this play is
famous for its use of the subjunctive and for being spoken by a woman. This play opens with Duke Frederick
having usurped the throne from his brother Duke Senior, and after winning a wrestling match, Orlando (*) is
forced to flee to the same area Duke Senior’s banished in. Celia and her cousin disguise themselves as men in order
to search for Orlando, and in Act 2, Jaques orates a speech that includes the seven ages of man and begins with the
line “All the World’s a Stage.” For ten points, name this pastoral Shakespeare play that concludes with Orlando
marrying Rosalind in the Forest of Arden.
ANSWER: As You Like It
5. Note to players: Series name or outcome is acceptable –for example, you could say either “2014 NHL finals” or
“Kings beating Rangers.” One player in these finals said that in 30 years he could tell his kids he was the MVP
despite not playing one second. A pivotal moment in this series was game three when one of the teams came
back from a 24 point deficit, the biggest finals comeback since 1971. In one game of this series, (*) Leon Powe
scored 21 points in 15 minutes, and the winning team’s good defence was attributed to assistant coach Tom
Thibodeau. The result of this finals was said to have broken the 24-year Len Bias curse. After winning game 6, one
player yelled “Anything is Possible!” and another threw Gatorade on Doc Rivers. For ten points name this finals
which saw Kobe Bryant lose to Paul Pierce.
Answer: 2008 NBA Finals [or Celtics beating Lakers; prompt on just “Celtics and Lakers” by asking who won]
6. This character appeared at one of Dean Martin’s Celebrity Roasts and brought homemade lasagna for Frank
Sinatra. This character can be seen eating Chili with crackers at Barney’s Beanery and is confused for a
homeless man on several occasions. A spin off series featuring this character's (*) wife changed its title after the
characters supposedly got a divorce. Unlike in other mystery shows, the audience knows who the guilty person is
while this character figures out the case. Right before solving cases, this character would say “just one more thing”
to the suspect. For 10 points, name this L.A. detective who smokes cigars and wears a raincoat, played by Peter Falk
on an eponymous TV show.
ANSWER: Columbo
7. Imogen Heap co-wrote a song for this album that says, “Just because you’re clean don’t mean you don’t
miss it,” and Jack Antonoff co-wrote a song for it with the lyrics, "You were looking at me / I remember." An
app lets you see a 360 degree interactive video for one song on this album, whose regular music video shows
(*) a deer beside a damaged fireplace. The songs "I Wish You Would" and "All You Had to Do Was Stay" appear
on this album, which has Polaroid cover art and a song that goes, “Are we out of the woods yet?” A single from this
album sounds like it mentions “Starbucks lovers,” and another single begins “I stay out too late / Got nothing in my
head." For 10 points, name this album featuring “Blank Space” and “Shake It Off”, titled after the year Taylor Swift
was born.
ANSWER: 1989
8. Hans Bethe's conception of inorganic complexes as a metal surrounded by ions is this type of field theory,
which is extended to ligand field theory. These substances are made by the Bridgeman technique or in the
Czochralski process. These things can have screw dislocation (*) or edge dislocation, and they include Bravais
structures such as body-centered or face-centered cubes. Euhedral ones of these have a smooth habit, and
mechanical stress can separate the charge in these substances. Diffraction patterns in von Laue's photos of these
substances were interpreted by William Braggs, and they can be formed from a supersaturated solution by a process
that begins with nucleation. Containing unit cells, for 10 points, name these piezoelectric solids that have a lattice
structure.
ANSWER: crystals [accept lattices before mentioned; prompt on solids]
9. In The Day After Tomorrow, a businessman offers a relatively exorbitant $200 to use one of these objects,
but dies anyway in a tsunami. This is the setting of a performance of “The Man on the Flying Trapeze” in It
Happened One Night, and was used by Claudette Colbert’s character to (*) leave Miami. Marilyn Monroe uses
one of these to go to Montana in a film with this conveyance in the title, while the director of North By Northwest
fails to use one in a cameo during the opening credits. A plane is destroyed when one of these explodes thanks to a
bomb set by Dennis Hopper in a 1994 film. For 10 points, name this method of transportation driven at 50 miles per
hour by Sandra Bullock in Speed.
Answer: a bus (accept “city bus” or “intercity bus”; accept Bus Stop during the Monroe clue)
10. A recent study in this state linked one-way streets to higher crime rates, and this was the first state to enact
common core. The "Pillars of Hercules" and the "Frozen Niagara" are in a park with an endemic species of
shrimp in this state. The dish "Hot Brown" comes from this state, whose town of (*) Paducah is in its Jackson
Purchase region. Coal mining happens in Pike County and Harlan County in this state, which surrounds the
manmade Lake Cumberland and contains the Red River Gorge in its Daniel Boone Forest. The Corvette Museum is
in this state, as are the towns Covington and Owensboro and the world headquarters of Yum Brands. For 10 points,
name this state that contains Mammoth Cave and the Churchill Downs racetrack at Louisville.
ANSWER: Kentucky
11. This law can be obtained by integrating the intensity, as given by Planck’s law, with respect to frequency, and
in arbitrary dimensions a power of four is replaced by a power of n plus one. The first use of this law was to
accurately calculate the temperature of the (*) surface of the Sun, and it can be extended from blackbodies to all
objects by multiplying by a constant called emissivity. It has two common forms, one of which gives the radiant
exitance and the other the radiated power. This law contains a constant of proportionality symbolized sigma, which
shares its name with this law. For 10 points, name this law that states the power radiated from an object is
proportional to its surface area, emissivity, and temperature to the fourth power.
ANSWER: Stefan-Boltzmann law [accept Stefan’s law; do NOT accept Stefan-Boltzmann constant]
12. One character in this work says that he will act like “that lady in the informercial” and says to “order
now and get a set of steak knives.” A character in this work claims she will send “text messages” to all her
friends when she means to write them letters on a (*) typewriter. In a dream sequence in it, Johnnie Cochran is
seen wearing the glove from the O.J trial while maple glazed donuts holding pitchforks dance around. The two main
characters of this work yell “Hasa Diga Ebowai” after complaining about their luggage being stolen and their bus
being late, until they realize what that phrase means. After breaking rule 72, Kevin Price is called a “dick” by Jesus
in, for 10 points, what musical by Matt Stone and Trey Parker about a missionary trip to Uganda?
ANSWER: Book of Mormon
13. It’s not Arrested Development, but Julia Louis Dreyfus guest starred on this show as a lawyer who defends a
character’s right to read Huckleberry Finn for an English report. Tom Hanks guest starred on this show as a
washed up alcoholic, Uncle Ned. In season 4 the character of baby (*) Andrew is introduced, but he’s already
four years old in the next season. This show’s theme song says, “I bet we’ve been together for a million years and I
bet we’ll be together for a million more.” A character loses his virginity after a Milton Friedman lecture on this
show, which has Justine Bateman as a girl who goes on dates and likes fashion a lot. For 10 points name this 80’s
sitcom about hippie parents and their daughters, Mallory and Jennifer, and their conservative son Alex P. Keaton,
played by Michael J.Fox.
ANSWER: Family Ties
14. In one story by this author a man is unable to save the bass he put in a pond in his backyard from a flood and
kills himself soon after finding out his wife cheated on him. This author wrote of Bill’s wife who complains of
“bleeding” as Bill suspects that a young couple is cheating at bingo at the community center. The film (*) All
Things Must Go was loosely based on a short story by this man, in which an alcoholic man has all his possessions
left out in his front-yard. Another story by him shows two couples drinking gin and discussing their romantic history
in Mel McGinnis’ kitchen. For 10 points, name this author of the short stories “The Third Thing that Killed My
Father Off,” “Denim,” and “Don’t you Dance?,” which are part of his collection What we Talk about When Talk
About Love.
ANSWER: Raymond Carver
15. Marcellinus Comes said this man was killed by his wife, and a "prayer marathon" led by Saint Genevieve
thwarted one of his campaigns. This ruler's men wounded Thorismund after he mistakenly walked into their
camp, and he commanded the Gepids alongside Ardaric. The younger son of Mundzuk, this ruler allied with
(*) Valentinian III to invade Toulouse, and most records of him come from the historian Priscus. This ruler
negotiated peace with Leo I near Mantua, and he extorted an annual tribute of 2100 pounds of gold from one enemy.
This ruler destroyed the city Aquileia after his Gallic campaign was deterred by a battle with Flavius Aetius at
Chalons. For 10 points, name this 5th-century "Scourge of God" who murdered his brother Bleda and sacked parts
of the Eastern Roman Empire.
ANSWER: Attila the Hun
16. The opening sequence to this show was recreated on SNL with the main character being replaced by
Abraham Lincoln. A several-car collision is caused by a boy pushing a stroller onto the road in this show, and
Dr. Bigelow, played by (*) Charles Grodin, tells this show’s main character that a three legged dog has “plenty of
legs.” While walking beside the Brooklyn Bridge, a girl tells the main character that “holding hands with a fat girl
won’t make your dick fall off.” On this show, the hero’s daughter tells a joke about a gorilla going to the ballet and
packs a baby duck into her dad’s luggage before he goes to do an USO show in Iraq. For ten points name this FX
show about a balding man who does stand-up at the Comedy Cellar.
ANSWER: Louie
17. The author of this work criticizes Kennedy for saying “Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what
you can do for your country” as he believed it made the government the patron. Its writer cites his previous work
A Program for Economic Stability, arguing that the money supply should be increased by a constant percentage
every year. This work compares occupational licensing to medieval guilds and advocates ending licensing for
(*) doctors. In its chapter about the alleviation of poverty, a proposed negative income tax is given in order for
people to have a guaranteed minimum income. A part of this work lists national parks, tariffs on imports, and rent
controls as things government should not do. For 10 points, name this work that argues political freedom can’t occur
without economic freedom, which was written by Milton Friedman
ANSWER: Capitalism and Freedom
18. A first person shooter titled Maverick Hunter featuring this character was cancelled after the character’s
creator left the project to create Compect Inc. The main character in the game Mighty No.9 highly resembles
this character, and this character’s “little sister” was created to cook and clean and is named (*) Roll. He is
the first 3rd-party character in Super Smash Bros 4, where his up special move summons his dog Rush. In this
character’s original series, he fought a mad scientist named Dr. Willy. For 10 points, name this character created by
Keiji Inafune, a Capcom character that has one cannon arm and typically wears blue armour.
ANSWER: Megaman (begrudgingly accept Rockman)
19. Oliver's Sign and Cardarelli's Sign both indicate this problem, and Walter Dandy developed a "clipping"
treatment for this problem. A micro- type of this is named for Charcot and Bouchard, and it begins with
weakness of the tunica media. A true type of this problem involves all three layers, and a false type of it
creates (*) hematoma. This problem can be fusiform or saccular, and EVAR is a way of using a catheter for
endovascular repair of it. When this occurs in the Circle of Willis, it often causes a subarachnoid haemorrhage. A
weak point in an arterial wall can lead to death when one of these things ruptures in the brain or aorta. For 10 points,
name this kind of bulge in a blood vessel.
ANSWER: aneurysm [accept more specific]
20. While hiding out at Leatherslade Farm, John Daly and Bruce Reynolds are believed to have spent time doing
this, and Prince Andrew has banned members of the royal house from this activity as he says it gets “too
vicious.” Bracelet charms were originally used in this activity when it was created by a left leaning
“Georgist.” (*) Mary Pilon wrote that equipment for this activity was used to smuggle maps to Allied prisoners, and
this was evidence used in catching the Great Train Robbers. A robot and a helicopter lost a fan-vote in which a cat
was added to this activity, which now also uses electronic bank cards. Greens are nearly worthless and oranges are
especially valuable for this game, whose invention is in dispute but usually attributed to Charles Darrow. For 10
points, name this time-killing activity in which children act as landlords trying to bankrupt each other.
ANSWER: Playing Monopoly
21. This person was hired to do the artwork for a failed Coca-Cola product called OK Soda. One of his
stories involves a character that gets shot in the head by Karkes, a man that has a similar obsession as the
character with Wanda. That story of his is about a 19 year old security guard named (*) David Boring. In
another of his works a character says that the cover of a box of cookies called “Mallow Tweens” is pornographic. In
that same work a young republican brags about being in a commercial for Hampton Hayes and the main characters
follow a man who they believe is a Satanist around a grocery store. At the end of that story by this writer, Rebecca
becomes serious with her boyfriend Josh and Enid Coleslaw leaves town. For ten points name this cartoonist and
writer of the Eightball comic book series and the graphic novel Ghost World.
ANSWER: Daniel Clowes
BONUSES
1. In one of these games, you can blow up the Eiffel Tower with a remote bomb, turning it into a bridge. For 10
points each:
[10] Name this PlayStation series in which vehicles driven by characters such as Mr. Grimm, Krista Sparks, and
Captain Jamie Roberts all blow each other up.
ANSWER: Twisted Metal
[10] The villain in the Twisted Metal games is a clown with a flaming head who drives an ice cream truck. Name
either the clown or the car.
ANSWER: Needles Kane or Sweet Tooth [prompt on just “Kane”; accept Marcus Kane]
[10] Introduced in the second Twisted Metal game, this character has two giant wheels on his arms. Some storylines
suggest that he strapped himself to the wheels for penance after his wife died.
ANSWER: Axel
2. One of the disciples in this novel is called The Little Blessed One, a generous man named Antonio, who
eventually gets decapitated. For 10 points each:
[10] Name this novel about the doomsday preacher Antonio Consselheiro, The Counselor, and his disciples.
Together they overtake and defend a Fazenda in the town of Canudos, Brazil.
ANSWER: The War of the End of the World (La Guerra del Fin del Mundo)
[10] This Nobel-winning author of the The War of the End Of the World has also written novels such as The Green
Room and The Time of the Hero.
ANSWER: Mario Vargas Llosa [prompt on partial]
[10] The main character of the Time of the Hero, Alberto Fernandez, receives this nickname from his military school
classmates for writing erotic stories and love letters in exchange for money.
ANSWER: The Poet (El Poeta)
3. Real football players never have to play in college before hitting the pros. For 10 points each, name some young
soccer players:
[10] This Norwegian wunderkind made his international debut at 15 against Bulgaria, making him the youngest
person to play for an international team. He controversially signed for Real Madrid in 2015.
ANSWER: Martin Ødegaard
[10] In 2013, this young Brazilian moved to FC Barcelona from Santos for a rumored transfer fee of 57 million
Euros. He scored 4 goals at the 2014 World Cup before fracturing a vertebra against Colombia.
Answer: Neymar (da Silva Santos Júnior)
[10] This Bayern Munich midfielder is the youngest player to score a game-winning goal in a World Cup Final.
Miroslav Klose told him to “show the world you are better than Messi.”
ANSWER: Mario Gotze
4. The worst of the worst trash can probably be found on The Learning Channel. Answer some questions about
shows on TLC, for 10 points each.
[10] Name this TLC family whose parents, Jim-Bob and Michelle, have named all their 19 kids with names that start
with the letter “J.”
ANSWER: The Duggars
[10] On this TLC show, foreign women with American boyfriends get a special visa to spend 3 months in the States.
During that time, the couples must agree to marry or else the bride has to return to her home country.
ANSWER: 90 Day Fiance
[10] This former NBC show features celebrities learning about their ancestors through historical records and genetic
testing.
ANSWER: Who Do You Think You Are?
5. This political party was created in 2014 by the talk show host of La Tuerka. For ten points each:
[10] Name this left-leaning Spanish party created by Pablo Iglesias. As of July 2015, they’ve fallen behind the PP
and the PSOE in the polls.
ANSWER: Podemos Party
[10] Part of Podemos’ platform includes “redefining sovereignty,” and thus they want to evoke this 2007 reform
treaty created by the European Union.
ANSWER: Treaty of Lisbon
[10] This bearded leader of the People’s Party is likely to be re-elected in 2015, thanks to the Greek debt crisis. His
austerity measures have kept unemployment above 20% for his entire term.
ANSWER: Mariano Rajoy (Accept Mariano Rajoy Brey)
6. The Kapenguria Six were show-trialed near the start of this event. For 10 points each:
[10] Name this colonial rebellion against British rule. Operation Anvil was an attempt to crush this rebellion in one
city.
ANSWER: Mau Mau Uprising/Rebellion/Revolt [or Kenya Emergency]
[10] This largest Kenyan ethnic group spearheaded the Mau Mau rebellion. The British moved members of this
ethnic group into so-called “protected villages” during the rebellion.
ANSWER: Kikuyu [or Giguyu; or Gekoyo; or Agekoyo]
[10] During the Mau Mau rebellion the British imposed this plan meant to strengthen agricultural development. It
also served to reward loyalists during the rebellion.
ANSWER: Swynnerton Plan
7. This song has a blatantly green-screened music video where the singer wears a suit in front of blue waves and
African tribal dancing. For 10 points each:
[10] Name this song on which David Byrne sings “You may tell yourself, this is not my beautiful house, and you
may tell yourself, this is not my beautiful wife.”
ANSWER: “Once in a Lifetime”
[10] “Once in a Lifetime” is by this 80’s new wave band with other songs such as “Psycho Killer” and “Burning
Down the House.”
ANSWER: Talking Heads
[10] In this Talking Heads song from the Talking in Tongues album, Byrne sings “Home is where I want to be.”
Arcade Fire do a nice cover of it.
ANSWER: “This Must be the Place (Naive Melody)” [accept either]
8. This man's album Animal Furnace includes a joke about dipping his fingers in pickle juice and flicking that onto a
sandwich. For 10 points each:
[10] Name this Chicago comedian who plays a sidekick on The Eric Andre Show and the dentist Lincoln on Broad
City.
ANSWER: Hannibal Buress
[10] Another Hannibal Buress joke sees him forget about racism in a grocery store, because he is so excited by a
sale on this sugary drink.
ANSWER: apple juice
[10] While mocking a clean comedian for telling black men to pull their pants up, Hannibal Buress probably
triggered this scandal in fall 2014. It involved testimony from Barbara Bowman and Janice Dickinson.
ANSWER: (media coverage of) Bill Cosby being a rapist [accept similar; prompt on partial]
9. A classroom experiment is to find this point by suspending an object in the air and using a plumb line. For 10
points each:
[10] Name this point that follows an exact parabola when you throw something.
ANSWER: center of mass [don't prompt on center of gravity]
[10] If a force vector acts directly through the center of mass, the force will not influence this kind of motion in the
system.
ANSWER: rotation
[10] If the x-coordinates and masses of all a system’s components are known, this will be the x-coordinate of the
system's center of mass.
(Moderator: Give teams some time on this.)
ANSWER: weighted average of x [or the formula below]
or
10. This poem’s title event takes place at “five in the afternoon”. For 10 points each:
[10] Name this poem in four parts which describes blood “singing along marshes and meadows/ sliden on frozen
horns.” It also contains sections titled “The Spilled Blood” and “The Laid out Body.”
ANSWER: Lament for the Death of a Bullfighter (accept Lament for Ignacio Sanchez Mejias or Llanto por
Ignacio Sanchez Mejia)
[10] This other work by the same author is a play about a period of forced mourning in the title location. The
mourning is broken by a green dress, whose wearer eventually commits suicide.
ANSWER: The House of Bernarda Alba (accept La casa de Bernarda Alba)
[10] Both of those works were written by this Spanish author, who also wrote Blood Wedding and Yerma.
ANSWER: Frederico Garcia Lorca (you also accept Lorca)
11. One character in this film asks his principal if Barry Manilow knows he raided his closet, and that character
stuffs marijuana into Brian’s pants. For 10 points each:
[10] Name this John Hughes film in which five very different teenagers spend their Saturday in detention.
ANSWER: The Breakfast Club
[10] Several of Hughes’ movies, including Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles, and Weird Science, were set in this
fictional high school named after a fictional Illinois city.
ANSWER: Shermer
[10] In this other John Hughes film, a young married couple played by Kevin Bacon and Kristen Briggs move out
the suburbs and try to start a family.
ANSWER: She’s Having a Baby
12. A documentary shot in this place shows the painter Salvador Dali meeting the Velvet Underground. For 10
points each:
[10] Name this studio in which the films Kiss and Chelsea Girls were shot. Many of Andy Warhol’s “Superstars”
hung out with actual famous people here.
ANSWER: The Factory
[10] As the Velvet Underground’s manager, Andy Warhol painted this fruit on the cover of their first album, which
featured Nico.
ANSWER: banana
[10] This neo-expressionist first got Warhol’s attention by selling him xeroxed postcards. He also made Dos
Cabezas and Gringo Pilot and died of a heroin overdose at age 27.
ANSWER: Jean-Michel Basquiat
13. Greed, for a lack of a better 500 words, is good. Name some business magazines that Gordon Gekko probably
likes to read. For 10 points each:
[10] Still edited by an advocate of flat tax rates, this magazine has the motto “The Capitalist Tool.” Gekko would
most likely read this magazine to see where he ranks among the 400 richest Americans.
ANSWER: Forbes
[10] The anonymous writers for this British magazine have neoliberal views which Gekko would agree with. It
showed Obama dressed as a lumberjack on a cover reading, “How to cut the deficit.”
ANSWER: The Economist
[10] Founded by William F. Buckley, this hard-right magazine ran an anti-Neil DeGrasse Tyson cover in 2014.
Wikipedia says its current contributors include Reihan Salam and Pat Sajak.
ANSWER: National Review
14. These organisms’ digestive systems often contain a crystalline style, and one group of them underwent torsion,
the rotation of the visceral mass relative to the foot. For 10 points each:
[10] Name this phylum of animals that contains the chitons and nudibranchs, most members of which have a feeding
structure called a radula.
ANSWER: Mollusca or molluscs
[10] This calcareous protective structure of many molluscs, secreted by the mantle, has prismatic and nacreous
layers, and is split into two parts in the bivalves.
ANSWER: the shell
[10] In cephalopods, the foot has been modified into the siphon and these structures, which have suckers along their
entire length. Male cephalopods have a hectocotylus one that is used to transfer a sperm packet to a female.
ANSWER: arm or leg [prompt on limb or tentacle]
15. Kripke proved the completeness of the S5 variant of this logic when he was 17. For 10 points each:
[10] Name this logic for which the Kripke semantics are a model. It deals with the concepts of possibility and
necessity.
ANSWER: modal logic [accept alethic logic; prompt on deontic logic, temporal logic, epistemic logic, or doxastic
logic]
[10] Although the Kripke semantics refer to “possible worlds,” they do not require that such worlds actually exist.
But there are nonetheless people, like David Lewis, who hold this position, that all possible worlds are just as real as
our world.
ANSWER: modal realism
[10] Related to modal logic is deontic logic, which involves the modalities of obligation and permissibility, and is
relevant to this branch of philosophy which deals with right and wrong.
ANSWER: ethics
16. This man’s sons Qasim, Abd-Allah, and Ibrahim all died as children. For 10 points each:
[10] Name this Arabic merchant who worked in caravans for the widow Khadija. He heard the prophetic words of
the archangel Gabriel that would later be the foundation of the Qu’ran.
ANSWER: Mohammed
[10] This is the name of Mohammed’s birthday, which is usually celebrated on the 12th of Rabi’ al-awwal. It is a
national holiday in most Muslim countries.
ANSWER: Mawlid
[10] This word, roughly meaning “journey,” is the name for biographies of Mohammed. One of these by Al-Bakri
was adapted into the miniature manuscript Siyer-i-Nebi.
ANSWER: Sirah (Rasul Allah) [or Al-Sirat (Al-Nabawiyya)]
17. William H. Macy’s character Little Bill commits suicide on New Years’ Eve in this movie. For 10 points each:
[10] Name this movie about the rise and fall of the porn industry in the 1970s, starring Mark Wahlberg, Julianne
Moore, and Burt Reynolds.
Answer: Boogie Nights
[10] This man directed Boogie Nights and appeared drunk on the DVD commentary for it. His other very good
movies include The Master, There Will be Blood, and Inherent Vice.
Answer: Paul Thomas Anderson
[10] In Boogie Nights, Reed Rothchild and Dirk Diggler adopt alter egos for a series of action/porno films. For 10
points, identify either of those alter egos.
Answer: Brock Landers or Chest Rockwell (Prompt on partial answers)
18. A bass riff in this song is punctuated with a hand clap and the breathy "ahhhh" vocal. For ten points each:
[10] Name this highest charting single by the Zombies which says “What's your name? Who's your daddy? Is he rich
like me?”
ANSWER: “Time of the Season”
[10] Time of the Season was the single released for this Zombies album, which includes other songs such as “A Rose
for Emily,” “Friends of Mine,” and “Care of Cell 44.”
ANSWER: Odessey and Oracle
[10] The Zombies’ song “She’s Not There” was covered by this Latin rock band named after their lead guitarist.
They played at Woodstock and made the album Abraxas.
ANSWER: Santana
19. Oscan-speaking tribes and Bruttii conquered this region before Rome did, and it was the first part of Italy to be
called "Italia." For 10 points each:
[10] Name this "toe" on the peninsula of the Italian “boot,” which includes the cities Reggio and Catanzaro.
ANSWER: Calabria
[10] Calabria was named under this Dark-Age Germanic kingdom in Italy, which had a capital at Pavia and
eventually surrendered to Charlemagne.
ANSWER: Lombards
[10] Until the 15th century, Calabria and Sicilians both spoke a dialect of this Hellenic language.
ANSWER: Greek [accept any version of "Greek"]
20. The idea for this documentary series was started by Grantland’s Bill Simmons, who wanted to make one film for
every year ESPN had been on air. For 10 points each:
[10] Name this ESPN series which has included documentaries such as June 17th 1994, The Fab Five, and The Two
Escobars.
ANSWER: 30 for 30
[10] This Showtime sports documentary narrated by Kobe Bryant deals with his recovery of an achilles heel injury
as well as his thoughts on different points in his career.
ANSWER: Kobe Bryant’s Muse
[10] Before becoming great actors, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Lou Ferrigno starred in this documentary about the
world of bodybuilding and the 1975 Mr. Olympia competition.
ANSWER: Pumping Iron