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Tossups
1. This song is referred to in a song by Eric Bogle about the Battle of Gallipoli. The song narrates the
story of an itinerant worker who makes tea and steals a (*) sheep. When he is caught by the sheep’s
owner he drowns himself and haunts the place of his death. Some of the lyrics of the song are, “he stowed that
jumbuck in his tucker bag” and, “Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong”. For ten points name this
song that was the second choice for Australia’s national anthem.
Answer: “Waltzing Matilda”
2. It was first mandated in 1966 by the Supreme Court after a dispute over the legality of evidence used to
convict the defendant was raised by defense attorney Alvin Moore. The original case in Arizona
involved a (*) labourer who kidnapped and raped a young woman at a bus station. Its contents were not read
to the man who fatally stabbed the namesake of this warning, but he chose not to cooperate due to his rights
under the Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. For ten points, name this warning read by American
police officers to detained suspects that informs them of their right to remain silent and to an attorney.
Answer: Miranda warning (prompt on “Miranda vs. Arizona” accept “Miranda Rights”)
3.
It began, “On the first of February, we intend to begin unrestricted submarine warfare. In spite of
this, it is our intention to endeavour to keep the United States of America neutral.” Sent on (*) January
16, 1917, the telegraph mentions New Mexico, Arizona and Texas, as well as both Japan and England.
Despite the fact that it never brought war to North America, it increased already rough tensions along the
border between the United States and Mexico. For ten points, name this message sent to the German
ambassador in Mexico by Germany’s foreign secretary.
Answer: the Zimmerman note (or telegram)
4. According to Adam Smith, this would always be achieved by a free market. Excess supply would lead
to price cuts, and a shortage in supply or excess demand would lead to price increases, ensuring that
the entire stock is cleared. If this is achieved, theoretically everything will be sold, as the company has
found the market-clearing (*) price. For ten points, name this economic term for when supply is equal to
demand.
Answer: economic equilibrium (accept early response of “market-clearing price” or “equilibrium price”)
5. The alchemical symbol for it is also called a Cathar Cross and shows a two-barred cross over an
infinity symbol. It is also the name of a butterfly of the genus (*) Gonepteryx. Dickens' Nicholas Nickleby
was fed a mix of treacle and it while at Squeers' school. Conjoined with fire, it gives its name to a Christian
preaching motif. For ten points, what archaic name for sulfur is associated with Satan and Hell?
Answer: brimstone (accept on "sulfur" before "Gonepteryx")
6. A copy of each episode of this show was allegedly sent to the CIA with the note “There might be
something here that you probably could use.” The CIA likely did not need this show’s malfunctioning
gadgets, such as a (*) Bunsen-burner phone that could be blown out with someone’s plosive P’s, a
soundproofing device that made it impossible for the people inside to hear each other, or a phone that required
the removal of footwear. For ten points, Barbara Feldon starred with Don Adams in what 1960s spy spoof?
Answer: Get Smart
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7. Two answers are required. The February issue of one featured speculation that the alternative-energy
market is the next economic bubble to burst; the other's, a cover story on Jennifer Lopez. Both were
launched by the same company and feature part of its name as part of theirs. One is the second-oldest
continuously-published (*) monthly magazine in the United States; the other, launched 17 years later, is
America's first fashion magazine. For ten points, what two magazines should not be confused, although one
seems to be the other's bazaar and neither usually features nagging string players?
Answers: Harper's Magazine and Harper's Bazaar
8. Universities this man attended include Carnegie Mellon, Tennessee, Chicago, and Cornell; at the latter
he majored in biochemistry and wrote for the Daily Sun. His smoking habits were not actually the (*)
cause of his March 2007 death at the age of 84—rather, it was a fall down the stairs. A meat-locker
experience during the firebombing of Dresden inspired the most famous work of, for ten points, what satiric
writer, also the author of Cat’s Cradle and Breakfast of Champions?
Answer: Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
9. The earliest source for the modern word for this substance is the proto-Indo-European word kwat-,
which means "to ferment, become sour". The substance is produced first by acidification with a
bacterial culture and then employing an enzyme, (*) rennet, which coagulates the substance. Different
flavours may be achieved by using different bacterial cultures, aging processes, or milk from various
mammals. For ten points, name this substance for which the French term is fromage.
Answer: cheese
10.
Ursula Le Guin describes it as "a manacle...tyrannical, supermechanical, superorganical." Newton
and Leibniz disagreed on the philosophical question of whether it can be (*) measured. There is an arrow of
it, or it flies like one while fruit flies like a banana. A stitch in it saves nine, and it is money. For ten points, what
is this dimension associated with the duration of events?
Answer: time
11. Critics are unsure about exactly who the last thirteen lines, which equate beauty to truth and vice
versa, are addressed to. The first stanza references the Pelopennesian region of (*) Arcadia and
Thessalian Vale of Tempe, describing the title object as a Sylvan historian. The subsequent stanzas depict
three scenes; a pipe-playing young man, a tree with unshedding leaves, and a heifer sacrifice. For ten points,
name this Great Year composition of John Keats, the best-known of his four 1819 odes.
Answer: “Ode on a Grecian Urn”
12. The name’s the same. Morgan attends Ohio State and was part of the United States’ silver-medal
gymnastics team in the 2004 Athens Olympics. His brother Paul, as a member of that team, (*) placed
first in the men’s all-around, with the assistance of a controversial judging error that subtracted 0.100 from
South Korean Yang Tae Yung’s score. Los Angeles Dodgers’ first baseman Nomar Garciaparra married the
top international goal scorer in women’s soccer Mia, who, for ten points, shares what surname with the two
gymnast brothers?
Answer: Hamm
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13. This practice first originated in ancient China’s Fujian province, and it was known in Japan’s samurai
culture as shudo. Later on the Greeks were noted to engage in this practice, which was called
“paederasty” and was seen as part of their education system. According to Edward Gibbon, of the first
15 Roman Emperors, only one, Claudius, did not engage in it. It is presently legal in South Africa,
Spain, Belgium, Canada (*) and the Netherlands, which was the first country to legalize it, in 2001. Other
countries may recognize only civil unions or unregistered co-habitation in, for ten points, what practice where
two people of non-different gender wed?
Answer: same-sex marriage (accept clear-knowledge equivalents, must be more specific than “civil union”)
14. This city’s Major League Baseball team had compiled a .571 winning percentage when its manager
resigned in early July 2007; later that month, the club’s Japanese outfielder became the first to hit an
inside-the-park home run in an All-Star game. The city’s NFL team last lost to the (*) Green Bay
Packers in the divisional playoffs, two years after succumbing to the Pittsburgh Steelers in the Super Bowl. Its
NBA team picked Kevin Durant behind number-one Greg Oden in the latest entry draft. For ten points, name
this Pacific Northwest city whose closest NHL team is across the border in Vancouver, Canada.
Answer: Seattle
15. Mario Batali has won 19 times on this show. Each episode features a “secret ingredient”, and the battle
is begun with the chairman’s words: (*) “So, America, with an open heart and an empty stomach, I say
unto you in the words of my uncle: Allez cuisine!” Based on a Japanese show, for ten points, on what Food
Network show do chefs compete in Kitchen Stadium to see “whose cuisine will reign supreme”?
Answer: Iron Chef America (prompt on “Iron Chef”)
16. This phrase may refer to the red resin of plants of the genus Daemonorops that is often used in
perfumery for its somewhat fruity scent, but may also be used as a varnish, especially on violins. With a
space, it is the title of a novel by (*) Jane Yolen featuring characters named Jakkin and Akki; without, it is
the title of a novel by Todd McCaffrey set on Pern. For ten points, the first sentence may explain some of the
twelve uses that Albus Dumbledore found for what substance associated with the circulatory system of
Smaug and Norbert?
Answer: dragon's blood
17. Lakeland of the Florida State Baseball League. Bedford of the Rugby Football Conference. Hull of the
English Football Association. Hanshin of Japanese baseball. Victoriaville of the QJMHL. Medicine Hat
of the WHL. Colorado College. Tennessee State. (*) Jackson State. Missouri. Memphis. Princeton. Auburn.
LSU. For ten points, these organizations all share what common animal nickname with Major League
Baseball’s Detroit?
Answer: Tigers (also accept tigres if in response to “Victoriaville”)
18. This style of urban layout was used as far back as Mohenjo-daro, and in recent times notably in the
planning of the British community of Milton Keynes (*). It was codified as the preferred plan for Chinese
cities during the Spring and Autumn period. Unlike the circular-radial plan, it allows for numerous alternate
routes, although it is a plan difficult to alter or to introduce specialist centres to. For ten points, Savannah,
Georgia became the first America city to follow what style of urban layout, one associated with straight
parallel streets intersecting at right angles?
Answer: grid plan or grid layout
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19. Because of its northern location, this island has colder winters and drier summers than its southern
counterparts, leading to it hosting the Winter Olympics in 1972. Suffering from the highest rate of
depopulation in the nation, it is also its country’s most agricultural region. (*) The island is notable for
being the home of Sapporo breweries and a UNESCO World Heritage Site: Shiretoko National Park. It counts
Sapporo, Hakodate and Asahikawa as its major cities and is separated from Honshu by the Tsugara Strait, but
it is also connected to Honshu by the Seikan Tunnel. For ten points, name this island, Japan’s second largest.
Answer: Hokkaido
20. William van Alen’s original design gave it a famous observation deck on the 71st floor, but this was
converted to office space in 1945. It held the title of the world’s tallest building upon its completion in
May (*) 1930 until 1931, but this honour was not secured until the construction of its large spire ensured that
it would surpass the skyscraper being built at 40 Wall Street. Located on the corner of Lexington and 42nd, it
is often called one of the most prominent examples of architectural Art Deco design. For ten points, name this
New York City skyscraper whose design is related to the cars produced by its namesake.
Answer: Chrysler Building
21. She graduated from Fu Jen Catholic University, which counts many Taiwanese entertainment figures
among its alumni, with a major in English literature. At the age of 18, she won an MTV music contest
and signed on with Universal Music, but she is with Capitol today. She has dated another
internationally famous Chinese superstar, (*) Jay Chao. For ten points, name this Chinese pop superstar
who sings “Pirates” (“Hai Dao”), whose video was the most expensive Chinese music video to date.
Answer: Jolin Tsai (either part acceptable) or Cai Yi Ling
22. This boy has a half-brother named Bertram. He is the smartest and youngest child in a family of five.
His three goals are to (*) use a toilet, to take over the world, and to kill his mother. For ten points, name this
evil-genius baby from the show Family Guy.
Answer: Stewie Griffin
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Bonuses
1. Answer the following questions about a science fiction novel for ten points each.
A. [10] This Hugo-Award winning novel, "the best playground [the author] ever built", featured an
adaptation of a Dyson sphere into a giant toroid shape.
Answer: Ringworld
B. [10] Who wrote Ringworld?
Answer: Larry Niven
C. [10] Name the two-hundred-year-old protagonist of the novel, who travels the Ringworld with the kzin
Speaker-to-Animals, Teela Brown, and the puppeteer Nessus.
Answer: Louis Wu (prompt on partial answer)
2. For ten points each, answer these questions about an Asian empire.
A. [10] This empire dominated southeast Asia, particularly Cambodia, during the 9th to 13th centuries.
Answer: Khmer (accept Angkor)
B: [10] The most notable remaining site from the Khmer Empire is this temple whose profile is found on the
Cambodian flag.
Answer: Angkor Wat
C. [10] Angkor Wat was converted in the 1300s to serve for this branch of Buddhism, which is more
common in southeast Asia compared to Mahayana Buddhism.
Answer: Theravada Buddhism
3. For ten points each, answer the following about what you want, what you really really want (besides getting
that song out of your head. Bwaha!).
A. [10] This group rose to popularity in 1996 with their first hit, "Wannabe".
Answer: the Spice Girls
B. [10] This singer was the youngest of the original five Spice Girls. What is her actual name?
Answer: Emma Bunton (prompt on “Baby Spice”)
C. [10] After the group broke up, Geri Halliwell recorded a cover of this song, originally recorded by the
Weather Girls.
Answer: “It's Raining Men”
4. On a 5 for one, 10 for two, 20 for three and Thirty for all four basis, give the animals whose heads the Sons of
Horus have. They guard the four organs that the Egyptians thought were vital and they appeared on the heads
of canopic jars.
Answers: Baboon, Human, Jackal, Hawk
5. For ten points each, answer the following about some band to which young emo whippersnappers listen.
A. [10] This American band from Wilmette, Illinois hit success after releasing their album Infinity On High.
Answer: Fall Out Boy
B. [10] Name Fall Out Boy’s bass guitarist and frontman, who attempted suicide by taking an overdose of
the anxiety medication, an event later put into the song 7 Minutes In Heaven.
Answer: Pete Wentz
C. [10] This famous single on From Under The Cork Tree reached #19 on the Hot 100 Airplay.
Answer: "Sugar, We’re Goin' Down"
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6. For ten points each, given a definition, name these terms used to explain the Fermi paradox.
A. [10] That the Earth is purposely isolated in a “nature reserve” area, and is being monitored by advanced
civilizations for study and/or entertainment.
Answer: Zoo Hypothesis (accept reasonable alternatives to "hypothesis" for all answers)
B. [10] That the conditions for harbouring intelligent life are too rare for many alien civilizations to co-exist
in the same galaxy.
Answer: Rare Earth Hypothesis
C. [10] That intelligent civilizations are destined to destroy themselves shortly after developing space travel
and radio capabilities, so their messages and structures are doomed to never be found by other civilizations
Answer: Doomsday Argument
7. For five points per answer, name the battles where the following famous war quotations were uttered. If you
can also name the speaker, you get an additional five points.
A. [5 X 2] “Nuts!”
Answers: Battle of the Bulge; General Anthony Clement McAuliffe
B. [5 X 2] “I have not yet begun to fight.”
Answers: Battle of Flamborough Head (prompt on "engagement with the H.M.S. Serapis"); John Paul
Jones (prompt on "John Jones")
C. [5 X 2] “I propose to fight it out on this line, if it takes all summer.”
Answers: Battle of Spotsylvania Court House; Ulysses S. Grant
8. She has received some acclaim for her portrayal of monarchs in the movies. For ten points each:
A. [10] Name this British actress, known in North America as the current incarnation of M in several James
Bond films.
Answer: Dame Judi Dench
B. [10] Dench won an Oscar for her small role as Queen Elizabeth I in this film.
Answer: Shakespeare in Love
C. [10] Dench played a mourning Queen Victoria in this 1997 film.
Answer: Mrs. Brown
9. Aeronautics is such a drag. For ten points each, identify the following aeronautical terms:
A. [10] This resistance is caused by a combination of factors when moving a solid object through a fluid
which reduce its aerodynamic efficiency
Answer: parasitic drag (accept parasite drag)
B. [10] This drag is created when wingtip vortices reduce the efficiency of the overall wing by creating a
low-pressure area behind the wing. Its effect is inversely proportional to the square of the airspeed.
Answer: lift-induced drag (prompt on "drag due to lift")
C. [10] This form of drag occurs only at high sub-sonic or supersonic speeds and slows the plane down when
shock waves are formed around the wing, radiating away the plane’s energy.
Answer: wave drag
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10. Name these pre-World War One battle plans for ten points each.
A. [10] This plan called for a quick strike, with a concentration of forces on the right flank, against France,
through the Low Countries.
Answer: Schlieffen Plan
B. [10] This plan, the French equivalent of the Schlieffen Plan, called for an all-out attack through Alsace
and Loraine into Germany’s industrial heartland, the Ruhr Valley.
Answer: Plan XVII (seventeen)
C. [10] This plan called for a Russian mobilization on the German and Austrian-Hungarian borders in
anticipation of advances.
Answer: Plan XIX (nineteen)
11. Answer the following questions about unorthodox product life cycles for ten points each.
A. [10] In this product life cycle, the product quickly becomes popular after its introduction and has an
accelerated growth period followed by a similar rapid decline.
Answer: fad product life cycle
B. [10] This type of product life cycle is popular only at certain times of the year and experiences high
growth followed by sharp decline at that time.
Answer: seasonal product life cycle
C. [10] This product life cycle targets an area not addressed by mainstream providers and experiences a
profitable and stable, but not financially spectacular, maturity period.
Answer: niche (market) product life cycle
12. From Norse mythology, name Loki's three children for ten points each.
Answers: Hel, Fenrir (or Fenris Wolf), Jormungandr (or the Midgard Serpent)
13. In early February, undersea communications cables were severed in the Middle East. You get 15 points per
answer if you give the specific names of any two of the three individual cables, or ten points per answer if you
give the countries near where any three of the cables were severed. You may list two cables or three countries.
Answers: Cables: [15 X 2] any of SeaWeMe-4, FLAG, or FALCON
Countries: [10 X 3] any of Egypt, Iran, United Arab Emirates, Malaysia
14. The question writer has had this song stuck in his head for quite a while. For ten points each, answer these
questions about the Pink Panther.
A. [10] What was the name of the bumbling yet somehow effective detective character portrayed by Peter
Sellers in four of the Pink Panther movies?
Answer: (Chief) Inspector Jacques Clouseau
B. [10] It’s been used in numerous settings, including movies, television and advertising. Who wrote the
famous Pink Panther theme song?
Answer: Henry Mancini
C. [10] In 1964, the first Pink Panther cartoon, directed by Friz Freleng, won the Academy Award for
Animated Short Film. What was it called?
Answer: The Pink Phink
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15. Use your brain to answer the following questions about parts of the cerebral cortex for ten points each.
A. [10] Which of the brain's lobes contains the postcentral gyrus and the sylvian fissure and the main area for
the sense of touch?
Answer: parietal lobe
B. [10] Which lobe contains the primary visual cortex and the Stria of Gennari?
Answer: occipital lobe
C. [10] Which lobe contains the primary auditory cortex and the hippocampus?
Answer: temporal lobe
16. For five points each and a bonus five and much shame for all correct, name the novels of the Halo series.
Answers: Halo: Fall of Reach, Halo: The Flood, Halo: First Strike, Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, Halo: Contact
Harvest
17. Answer the following about classical composers for ten points each.
A. [10] Johannes Brahms included 21 of these in a single suite.
Answer: Hungarian Dances
B. [10] Who wrote the suite Peter and the Wolf?
Answer: Sergei Prokofiev
C. [10] In what Ukrainian town was Prokofiev born?
Answer: Borysivka (accept Sontsivka)
18. For ten points each, answer the following about exercise gurus.
A. [10] What former taekwondo artist and personal trainer to Paula Abdul developed Tae Bo?
Answer: Billy Blanks
B. [10] The namesake of this very popular exercise program that focuses on the core postural muscles first
called it "Contrology."
Answer: Joseph Pilates
C. [10] This actress and activist was responsible for the bestselling home video so far when she led the
aerobics craze of the ‘80s.
Answer: Jane Fonda (prompt on partial answers)
19. Answer the following related questions for ten points each.
A. [10] This house feature is popularly made of Corian, granite, or steel.
Answer: kitchen countertop
B. [10] This may be a coverlet, bedspread, or the topmost covering of a bed.
Answer: counterpane
C. [10] This is an adult male alto singing voice.
Answer: counter-tenor
20. On a 5 for one, 10 for two, 20 for three, and 30 for all 4 basis, name the four railroads found on the default
Monopoly board.
Answers: Reading Railroad, Pennsylvania Railroad, B&O Railroad, Short Line
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21. For five points per answer, name the six stages of the typical product life cycle.
Answers: development, introduction, growth, maturity, decline, decision point (accept reasonable
alternatives)
22. On February 5, 2008, a series of tornadoes struck the southern United States with loss of life in four states or
commonwealths. Name the four states on a 5-10-20-30 point basis.
Answers: Tennessee, Kentucky, Arkansas, Mississippi