VETO IV Tossups by The JUNTA 1) He married stupid, uncultured, irritating Maria partly out of pity and partly out of inexperience with women. He later met his true love, Lady Barbara, while at sea. When Maria conveniently died, it left him free to marry Barbara, though he cheated on her while running from Napoleon in France. Name, FTP, this seaman, who served under Captain Sir Edmund Pellew as a midshipman and lieutenant, a creation of C. S. Forrester. Answer: Horatio _HORNBLOWER_ 2) Launched in 1927 to clarify section 24 of the British North America Act this legal suit, though initially unsuccessful, was appealed to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in Britain. In 1929, they found in favour of Henrietta Muir Edwards, Irene Parlby, Luise McKinney, Emily Murphy, and Nellie McClung. FTP, name this landmark Canadian case launched that bears the name of the concept it sought to clarify, a result of which was that women may now sit in the Canadian Senate. Answer: _"PERSONS"_ Case (before the name is mentioned, accept _NAME V. GOVERNMENT OF CANADA_, e.g. _MCCLUNG V. GOVERNMENT OF CANADA_) 3) Originally known as the Sunshine State, other old nicknames include the Blizzard State, Artesian State and Coyote State. Home to many tourist traps, it boasts both the Corn Palace and Wall Drug, the world's largest drug store, and a giant sculpture of Crazy Horse is being carved into a mountain only 17 miles from the more famous carving of four dead white men. FTP, identify this state, most famously known as the Mount Rushmore State. Answer: _SOUTH DAKOTA_ 4) Surprisingly, he was actually an American, born in Hoosick Township, New York. In response to Lewis and Clark's expedition, the North West Fur Company sent him to explore the river they believed to be the Columbia to its ocean outlet. The expedition culminated in the discovery of the mouth of the river at Musqueam. FTP, name this man who, despite missing the Columbia by two states, got the river he found and a University named after him. Answer: Simon _FRASER_ 5) Curiously, they are named after the large dogs that were originally found there, while the bird was actually named after islands. They are home to the third largest volcano on earth, Pico de Teide (PEE-koh de TAY-deh), which is also the highest point in the country to which the islands belong. Gomera (goh-MEH-rah), Lanzarote (Lan-sah-ROH-teh), La Palma, and Tenerife (Te-neh-REE-feh) are part of, FTP, what Spanish archipelago off the west coast of Africa? Answer: _CANARY_ Islands or Islas _CANARIAS_ 6) Influenced by Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima's "Lone Wolf and Cub," it was originally published in 1998 by Paradox Press, a subsidiary of DC Comics. Blending history and fiction, the book tells the story of Michael O'Sullivan's revenge on Chicago's Looney Gang, allies of Al Capone. FTP, what is this graphic novel by Max Allan Collins and Richard Rayner, now a film starring Tyler Hoechlin, Paul Newman and Tom Hanks. Answer: _ROAD TO PERDITION_ 7) Its product candidates, including the cancer drugs IMC-1C11 and ERBITUX, boosted stock prices past $75, but the stock plummeted when the FDA announced that it would not review the company's application for ERBITUX. Today, the stock is hovering around $10, and the company's former CEO, Sam Waksal, has been arrested on charges of securities fraud and conspiracy. FTP, name this company, in the headlines because of Martha Stewart's alleged insider trading. Answer: _IMCLONE_ 8) It was developed as a substitute for ivory when John Wesley Hyatt discovered that collodion congealed into a tough, flexible film. He produced billiard balls using collodion, but due to collodion's highly volatile nature, the billiard balls would explode once they hit each other. Thus he added camphor, to produce, FTP, the first thermoplastic, later used in the first flexible photographic film and for still and motion pictures. Answer: _CELLULOID_ 9) The one in the Bargello is nude and holding a sword, and was cast in bronze by Donatello around 1430. A reproduction of the more famous one stands 17 feet tall outside the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, while the Galleria dell'Accademia houses Michelangelo's original. FTP, who is the common subject of these two statues, the Jewish shepherd who slew Goliath. Answer: _DAVID_ 10) WARNING TWO ANSWERS REQUIRED. On July 11, 2002, a sparsely inhabited island was occupied by a military force which then claimed sovereignty over the island contradicting the long-held claims of a second country which then mobilized sea, air and land forces to retake the island six days later, capturing six prisoners in the process. FTP name the countries embroiled in a dispute over the 13.5 hectare island of Perejil, two nations separated by the strait of Gibraltar.. Answer: SPAIN and MOROCCO 11) With an official feast day on September 29, he is said to have replaced the pagan god Wotan, which accounts for the numerous mountain-top chapels dedicated to him throughout Germany. First mentioned in Daniel 10:13, he is the patron saint of grocers, mariners, paratroopers and police. FTP, name this patron saint of the sick, better known as the patron saint of battle or as "the Archangel." Answer: St. _MICHAEL_, the Archangel 12) His namesake facility provides services and shelter for cancer patients being treated at the New England Medical Center. After his retirement from the field he was most associated with, he dabbled in movies, appearing in Dumb and Dumber and Me, Myself, and Irene. However, he was better known on the ice as a bruising hitter with a knack for scoring. FTP, name him, the former Canuck and Bruin forward who's hockey career was cut short due to a bad hip. Answer: Cam _NEELY_ 13) It comes from the Greek word for "opposite," and they are compounds which differ from one another only in the way their atoms are oriented in space. It is obtained for a particular molecule by interchanging any two groups on any one of its chiral (KYE-rall) carbons. FTP, identify this classification of molecules, essentially a molecule's nonsuperimposable mirror-image. Answer: _ENANTIOMERS_ (do not accept optical isomers) 14) "On Keeping a Noebook;" "On Morality;" "On Self-Respect;" "On Going Home;" "Comrade Laski, C.P.U.S.A. (M.L.);" "Some Dreamers of the Golden Dream;" "John Wayne: A Love Song;" and the titular work are some of the essays contained in FTP, this collection by Joan Didion which takes its title from the final line of Yeats' The Second Coming. Answer: _SLOUCHING TOWARDS BETHLEHEM_ 15) It's only a fluke of history that he is not known as Bernard Muller, as that was another alias he used while committing such acts as shooting British Zionist Joseph Edward Sieff in the face, throwing a bomb into an Israeli bank branch in London, and the kidnapping at OPEC headquarters in Vienna in 1975. In 1994, while groggy from surgery, he was drugged, handcuffed, put into a sack, and flown to France. This was the downfall of, FTP, the man better known as Carlos the Jackal. Answer: Ilich Ramírez _SÁNCHEZ_ (accept _CARLOS THE JACKAL_ before it is mentioned) 16) James Gregory and John Bernoulli knew about its existence earlier, but it took the 1715 book _Methodus Incrementorum Directa et Inversa_ for it to get its current name. For f of x, it is a power series centred at a where the constant c sub n equals f of a to the nth power over n factorial. Named after an English mathematician, this is, FTP, a series used to approximate a function, of which the Maclaurin is a special case. Answer: _TAYLOR_ series 17) A division of this corporation recently won a court case against its former joint-venture partner PT Dharmala Sakt Sejahtera. That division is the corporation's Indonesian branch that, with over 400,000 policy holders, is the fourth largest of its kind in that country. Name, FTP, Canada's second largest life insurer, which in its early days had an association with Canada's first Prime Minister. Answer: _MANUFACTURER'S LIFE_ Insurance Company or _MANULIFE_ Financial 18) It was the site of a major fleet action in 1797 where Horatio Nelson, in command of the HMS Captain, captured, by boarding, the Spanish ships San Josef and San Nicholas. As a reward for his victory here, the commanding officer of the British fleet, Admiral Jervis, received a title bearing the name of, FTP, this Portuguese cape. Answer: Cape _SAINT VINCENT_ 19) A cavalry reinforcement right in the nick of time; an unexpected inheritance for the protagonist that resolves the novel's main conflict; most famously, the titular character escaping on a flying chariot drawn by dragons. It is a plot device popular in ancient Greek drama, especially in the works of Euripides like Medea, wherein the author resolves a difficult situation in a sudden and improbable manner. FTP, identify this Latin phrase, literally "god from the machine." Answer: _DEUS EX MACHINA_ (prompt on plot twist or similar answer before "Latin phrase" is mentioned) 20) Originally named for a colonel of Royal Engineers involved in a canal project, this city received its special status as a result of a decision made by Queen Victoria following colonial amalgamation. FTP, name this city formerly known as Bytown in honour of the engineer who oversaw construction of the Rideau Canal, and current home of CFL's Renegades and the NHL's Senators.. Answer: _OTTAWA_ 21) Harvard's Daniel Lieberman says it will have the impact of a "small nuclear bomb" but also that it raises "a wheelbarrow full of questions." While its nickname is from Africa's Goran language and means "hope of life," it has officially been classified as a member of the new species Sahelanthropus tchadensis. FTP, identify this 7 million year old hominid skull, recently uncovered in Chad, which could push back the date at which humans are believed to have diverged from apes. Answer: _TOUMAI_ (accept _SAHELANTHROPUS TCHADENSIS_ before it is mentioned) 22) Written in 1895, its plot revolves around a blackmail scheme initiated by a visiting ex-patriate against a member of the government. The villain attempts to exert pressure by threatening to reveal a past indiscretion involving a Cabinet secret. Name, FTP, this Oscar Wilde play featuring the characters Lord Goring, Sir Robert Chilton, and Mrs. Cheevley. Answer _AN IDEAL HUSBAND_ 23) "Athletes" competing in this "race" usually hit the wall around Saggitarius. Gerry Rattley from Dugas, Arizona was probably the first to ever complete the race, finding all 110 items in one night. You don't need running shoes, just a telescope and ideal observing conditions, for, FTP, this "marathon" where astronomers race to identify all 110 M objects in one night. Answer: _MESSIER MARATHON_ 24) Due to the rowdy audience on the night of its premiere, the dancers barely heard the orchestra. In fact, the noise was so bad that the choreographer, Vaslaw Nijinsky, had to scream out instructions to the dancers from off stage. One of the most shocking and controversial works at the time of its release, the plot revolved around ritualistic worship and a human sacrifice. FTP, name this ballet about pagan Russia whose music was composed by Igor Stravinsky. Answer: The _RITE OF SPRING_ or Le _SACRE DU PRINTEMPS_ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= VETO IV Boni by The JUNTA 1) Answer these questions about the strange geography of Sarah's shower curtain, FTPE. (10) a) This body of water is listed, but it has mysteriously migrated south, and is now apparently the entrance to the Mediterranean. The Dover to Calais ferry must run from Gibraltar to Morrocco now. Answer: _ENGLISH CHANNEL_ (10) b) This feature is actually in the right spot, but it's missing a word. Sailors cruising by this southernmost African point must think it’s just good. Answer: _CAPE OF GOOD HOPE_ (10) d) Germany has apparently invaded again, as its borders encompass most of Europe, including part of this nation to the north. Is is left with only its islands, but fortunately its capital is on one them. Answer: _DENMARK_ 2) John Hodge, Danny Boyle, and Ewan McGregor. Sure, they made Trainspotting together, but what else have they done. Identify the following films, FTPE. (10) a) Ewan McGregor played Alex, one of three roommates who would gladly kill each other for some Mob money they come into, in this film, the trio's first collaboration. Answer: _SHALLOW GRAVE_ (10) b) The first "American" film from the gang, Ewan's an aspiring novelist who, through the machinations of some crazy angels, falls in love with Cameron Diaz, outwits a bunch of baddies and ends up with a bag full of money. Answer: _A LIFE LESS ORDINARY_ (10) c) McGregor wasn't, but should have been, in this film since the book's about a British lad in his 30s. Instead, they cast Leonardo Dicaprio as an American teen looking for a summer vacation spot. Answer: _THE BEACH_ 3) F15PE, name the Canadian Prime Minister from an event prior to his or her political areer or for 5 points if you need an important event of his or her administration. (15) Served as a pilot in the First World War, where he received an unofficial name change. (5) The current national flag was adopted. Answer: Lester B. _PEARSON_ (15) Served as a Lieutenant with the 105 Saskatoon Fusiliers. (5) Appointed the first female cabinet minister and the first aboriginal senator. Answer: John G. _DIEFENBAKER_ 4) Identify the comic book characters from taglines or catchphrases FTSNPE. (5) a) The Dark Knight Answer: _BATMAN_ (10) b) "He's the best there is at what he does." Answer: _WOLVERINE_ (15) c) The Merc with a Mouth Answer: _DEADPOOL_ 5) Sarah’s Scottish roommate won't shut up about how special Scotland is, so, FTPE, name these things about Scottish history. (10) a) Name this rock, brought from Egypt to Scotland, which according to legend was Jacob’s pillow when he dreamt of a ladder of angels connecting heaven and earth. Answer: The _STONE OF DESTINY_ or The _STONE OF SCONE_ (10) b) This "merry old soul" from the nursery rhyme really existed and was killed in Scotland by Fergus, a Scottish chieftan. Answer: Old King _COLE_ (10) c) Everybody knows St. Andrew is the patron Saint of Scotland. For 5 points each, name the other two countries of which he is a patron saint. Answer: _GREECE_ and _RUSSIA_ 6) Identify some of Canada's parks on a 5-10-15 basis. (5) a) Established in 1885, this park, home to Lake Louise is Canada's first national park. Answer: _BANFF_ National Park (10) b) Established in 1948, this park is home to some of the greatest fluctuating tides in the world. Answer: Bay of _FUNDY_ National Park (15) c) Established in 1886, this park is home to one of the most significant fossil finds in the world, the Burgess Shale. Answer: _YOHO_ National Park 7) Answer these questions about Pluto for FTPE. The planet, not Mickey's dog. (10) a) Pluto is partly named for this man, who for years fruitlessly searched for a planet beyond Neptune. He also founded a major observatory at Flagstaff, Arizona. Answer: Percival _LOWELL_ (10) b) Name Pluto's moon, nearly as large as the planet itself. Answer: _CHARON_ (10) c) Pluto is covered with ice of this chemical, which on Earth is usually a smelly, flammable gas. Answer: _METHANE_ 8) The big political news this summer is Paul Martin's ouster as Finance Minister, but a week earlier, there was another cabinet shuffle. FTPE: (10) a) What department, described as "the Government of Canada's major common service organization" on its Web page, changed ministers on May 27? Answer: _PUBLIC WORKS AND GOVERNMENT SERVICES_ Canada or _PWGSC_ (prompt on partial answer) (10) b) Who is the new Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada, a Saskatchewan MP and former Minister of Natural Resources Canada? Answer: The Honourable Ralph _GOODALE_ (10) c) Goodale replaced this man, who was demoted to House leader after he and his family spent a March weekend at the posh mansion of the president of an ad company that got lucrative federal government contracts. Answer: Don _BOUDRIA_ (BOO-dree-ah) 9) FTPE, identify these culinary terms that begin with "B," none of which are "BAM!" (10) a) A cooking method by which food is first browned in fat, then cooked in a small amount of liquid at low heat for a lengthy period of time. Answer: _BRAISE_ or _BRAISING_ (10) b) To plunge food into boiling water briefly, then into cold water to stop the cooking process. Answer: _BLANCH_ing (10) c) To cook food directly under or above the heat source. It can be done in an oven or on a barbecue grill. Answer: _BROIL_ing 10) Give the presidential middles name or names, FTPE: (10) a) Ulysses S. Grant Answer: _SIMPSON_ (Also accept _ULYSSES_, as real name was Hiram Ulysses Grant) (10) b) Warren G. Harding Answer: _GAMALIEL_ (10) c) George H.W. Bush (both names) Answer: _HERBERT WALKER_ 11) Madrid has three world class art museums. Identify them from clues, FTSNPE. (5) a) Considered by many the equal of the Louvre or Florence's Uffizi Gallery, this museum houses Goya's Black Paintings and Velasquez's Las Meninas. Answer: Museo del _PRADO_ (10) b) Once the San Carlos hospital, it now houses a collection of 20th century Spanish art, including Picasso's Guernica. Answer: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte _REINA SOFÍA_ or _QUEEN SOFIA_ (15) c) Once a private collection with examples from the 13th to 20th centuries, including Picasso's Harlequin With Mirror, this museum is now housed in the Palacio de Villahermosa. Answer: _THYSSEN_ Bornemisza Museum 12) Hopefully you participated in Peter's rare entries contest and thus know all about Canadian saints. Identify the following from a description FTPE. (10) a) The patron saint of Canada, he was a French-born Jesuit missionary who refused to flee when his Huron villlage was attacked, and was tortured to death by the Iroquois. His feast day is October 19th. Answer: St. Jean de _BREBEUF_ (10) b) Brebeuf's assistant was also captured and killed by the Iroquois, and was canonized in 1930 along with Brebeuf. His feast day is February 6. Answer: St. Gabriel _LALEMENT_ (10) c) The foundress of the Sisters of Charity, the Grey Nuns of Canada, in 1747 she became directress of Montreal’s General Hospital. Her feast day is April 11. Answer: St. Mary Margaret _D'YOUVILLE_ 13) Given a lake that straddles a border between two Canadian provinces or a province and a US state, give the two territories F5P per answer: (5,5) a) Lake St. Clair Answer: _ONTARIO_ and _MICHIGAN_ (5,5) b) Reindeer Lake Answer: _SASKATCHEWAN_ and _MANITOBA_ (5,5) c) Lake Athabasca Answer: SASKATCHEWAN_ and _ALBERTA_ 14) A&E recently aired Eureka!: The 20th Century's 15 Greatest Inventors. Given an invention, name the inventor from the list from their invention, FTSNPE. (10) a) Plastic Answer: Leo _BAEKELAND_ (5,5) b) Genetic engineering (two answers required, 5PPA) Answer: Stanley _COHEN_ and Herbert _BOYER_ (10) c) Birth control pill Answer: Gregory _PINCUS_ 15) Given brief descriptions, identify these works that may or may not be related, FTPE. (10) a) In this Henry James novel, Christopher Newman tries unsuccessfully to marry Claire de Cintré, only to be prevented by her aristocratic French family. He could've gotten revenge on Claire's mother and brother, but decided against it because it wasn't in his nature. Answer: The _AMERICAN_ (10) b) In this Theodore Dreiser work, Clyde knocks this chick up, and then lets her drown in the lake after their boat accidentally overturns. It's a shame that such an upstanding guy is then convicted and executed. Answer: _AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY_ (10) c) This 1933 work by Jessie Fauset with an ironic title portrays middle-class black characters dealing with racial prejudice as well as self-hate. In it, the light-skinned Olivia, obsessed with being white, marries a light-skinned man in order to have light-skinned children. Answer: _COMEDY: AMERICAN STYLE_ 16) Identify these leading British figures of the early 20th century from photos, F15PE, or for 10 if you need the position that they held. (15) Photo B (5) Secretary of War Answer: Horatio Herbert _KITCHENER_ or Lord _KITCHENER_ (15) Photo C (5) Monarch Answer: _GEORGE V_ 17) They're delicious, they're named after 1920's blues singer Leadbelly, and they're only 4 calories each. That's right, Jelly Bellies! Identify the flavour from taste. 5 points for one, 10 for two, 20 for three, 30 for all four. [Moderator: accept reasonable equivalents, e.g. Cherry Coke or Cherry Pepsi for Cherry Cola] a) Sample A Answer: _CHERRY COLA_ (do not prompt on or accept cherry or cola on its own) b) Sample B Answer: _PEANUT BUTTER_ c) Sample C Answer: _KIWI_ fruit d) Sample D Answer: sweet _GINGER_ 18) Identify the writer from works, 30-20-10 (30) a) A treatment for an X-Men film that was never used, and Entertainment Weekly's "It Script" of 2002. (20) b) Werewolves In Their Youth, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, and Wonder Boys (10) c) The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay. Answer: Michael _CHABON_ 19) F15PE, answer the following questions about business related stories currently in the news. (15) a) Originally from Edmonton, Alberta he masterminded the take-over of MCI which was completed in 1998. For 15 points give both the first and last name of the now disgraced former CEO of WorldCom. Answer: _BERNARD EBBERS_ (also accept _BERNIE EBBERS_) (15) b) This corporation headquartered in Brampton is being hurt by the market downturn in telecommunications companies, as evidenced by its stock losing 8 cents in Toronto and 4 cents in New York on Thursday. However, despite grim forecasts CEO Frank Dunn predicts a return to profit within 12 months. Answer: _NORTEL_ 20) Identify the concept from clues, 30-20-10. (30) a) It was first identified in 1972 by Irving Janis. (20) b) Its symptoms include an over-estimation of one's moral stance and an 'us' versus 'them' mentality. (10) c) This decision-making dysfunction is characterized by the need to maintain unanimity within the group. Answer: _GROUPTHINK_ 21) Here's a question about Mercedes. Not the car, Mercedes Lackey. Identify these things about her most famous series of books FTPE. (10) a) The heroes of many of Lackey’s books, they make great targets by dressing all in white. They each have about 1 to 3 'gifts' such as mindspeaking, healing, or, most excitingly, firestarting. Answer: _HERALDS_ (Grudgingly accept _HERALD-MAGES_) (10) b) The Heralds are chosen by these creatures, telepathic white horses with blue eyes. Answer: _COMPANIONS_ (10) c) The fictional country where most of the books take place. It is bordered by Iftel, Hardorn, Karse, and Rethwellan and its capital is Haven. Answer: _VALDEMAR_ 22) Identify the theorems found in my discrete and combinatorial mathematics textbook from their definitions, F15PE. (15) a) If G is a finite group of order n, with H a subgroup of order m, then m divides n. Answer: _LAGRANGE_'s Theorem (15) b) For a transport network N, the maximum flow that can be attained in N is equal to the minimum capacity over all cuts in the network. Answer: The _MAX-FLOW MIN-CUT_ Theorem