VETO 2010 -- Questions by The Junta

Tossups

1. In money games, a player is often permitted to “beaver” and his opponent may then “raccoon”. The Murphy rule, the Jacoby rule, the Crawford rule, and the Holland rule may also be invoked when playing this game. The original set incuded a board, checkers, dice, and dice cups, while in order to speed up play, the American version of this game added a doubling cube. The goal is to remove all of one’s playing pieces from the board before an opponent can do the same in, for ten points, what table game in which the board is marked on each side with twelve triangles of alternating colours.
A: backgammon

2. A small body of water was named for a land surveyor who passed through the area in 1879, and it later gave its name to this city, which in the 1930s became the western terminus for the Northern Alberta Railways. In turn, the terminus was used by the US Army during the construction of Alaska Highway, while in 1952 the John Hart Highway linked BC's Interior to, for ten points, this city known as the "Capital of the Peace" and the "Mile Zero City".
A: Dawson Creek

3. Criticized by Chinua Achebe for dehumanizing Africans and turning them into a metaphor for the dangerous jungle, this was partly based on its author’s experiences upon taking control of a steamboat after the death of its captain. For a 1950s CBS version, Marlow's backstory is expanded to make him Kurtz's adopted son, while Vietnam is the new setting of a 1979 Francis Ford Coppola film adaptation of, for ten points, what short novel by Joseph Conrad that inspired Apocalypse Now.
A: Heart of Darkness (prompt on Joseph Conrad on early buzz)

4. In July of 2010, Sheikh Jumaa Duhaimi was arrested for refusing to erase a former ruler’s name from a mosque in this city. In 2007 the WWE held a Tribute to the Troops special here, while on an episode of My Life on the D-List Kathy Griffin performed here for the US military. Known as the northern angle in the “Sunni Triangle”, this town on the Tigris, 140 km northwest of Baghdad, is, for ten points, what birthplace of Saladin and Saddam Hussein.
A: Tikrit or Takrit or Tekrit 

5. A gankyil is sometimes found in the hub of this, which in its most basic version consists of an eight-spoked wheel. A blue, eight-spoked version forms the crest of the Sri Lankan coat of arms, while a 24-spoked version is found on the national flag of India. Representing Buddha's teaching of the path to enlightenment, this is, for ten points, what symbol sometimes translated as wheel of doctrine.
A: Dharmacakra or Dharmachakra or Dhammacakka or chariot wheel or wheel of Dharma (accept wheel of doctrine or wheel of law on early buzz)

6. All four of the oft-studied Genain quadruplets developed this disorder whose modern term was first coined by Eugen Bleuler in 1908. Increased dopamine activity in the mesolimbic pathway of the brain is commonly found in people with this disorder, whose symptoms include disorganized speech and behaviour, inappropriate affect, and delusions. While it is not the same as dissociative identity disorder, the name of this psychotic disorder is from the Greek for “splitting of the mind”. For ten points, identify this illness that has defined the personal life of Nobel prize-winning game theorist John Nash.
A: schizophrenia

7. With both a deep and a superficial layer, it includes two reflections, the tentorium cerebelli and the falx cerebri. Some of its functions include supporting the cerebral/cranial sinuses and carrying blood from the heart to the brain, while an enlargement of it can be found in connective tissue disorders such as Marfan Syndrome and Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. For ten points, name this outermost layer surrounding the brain and spinal cord, the name of which derives from the Latin for “hard mother”.
A: dura mater

8. Jeremy Bentham claimed that the work of this man had “caused the scales to fall” from his eyes, and in Conjectures and Refutations Karl Popper wrote that he approached the problem of induction through this man, who was “perfectly right that induction cannot be logically justified.” Better known in his time as a historian, his philosophical works have made him a key figure of empiricism. For ten points, name this man, the author of such works as The History of England and An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding.
A: David Hume 

9. At La Maison du Egg Roll, a powerful detractor said that "This mess deserves a no", turning the tide on a debate that became the first non-person to be named Canadian Newsmaker of the year. Most unpopular in western Canada and Quebec, public opinion turned when Pierre Trudeau opposed it. A different result in the 1992 referendum would have provided for provincial jurisdiction over natural resources and cultural policy while leaving the CBC and the National Film Board under federal control, by approving, for ten points, what package of proposed constitutional amendments named for a provincial capital.
A: Charlottetown accord

10. A childhood fan of Rube Goldberg systems likely contributed to his most famous scientific contribution. To explore his ideas surrounding the possible construction of Utopian societies and his support of an empirical approach to life, he authored the novel Walden Two. For ten points, name this self-declared radical behaviourist, whose most famous invention was the operant conditioning chamber, better known as a box which bears his name.
A: Burrhus Frederic Skinner

11. The first Canadian feature film was adapted from it in 1913 and shot in the Annapolis Valley and at Grand Pré, both of which are described in the poem. The inspiration for an Emmylou Harris song of the same name in which the title character “Curses the soul of the Mississippi Queen”, the woes of an Acadian separated from her lover and reunited with him at his deathbed are recounted in, for ten points, what Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poem from 1847.
A: Evangeline, A Tale of Acadie

12. Settling in New Mexico in 1949, this American artist drew inspiration from the area for her later works, including a series on the architecture of her adobe house. Recognized since the 1920s for her paintings of natural forms such as rocks, shells, and animal bones, she also produced paintings of clouds inspired by her views from the windows of airplanes, and was the subject of over 300 photographs by her husband, the photographer and modern art promoter Alfred Stieglitz. For ten points, name this artist of floral paintings such as “Black Iris III” and “An Orchid” that have been interpreted to represent female genitalia.
A: Georgia Totto O’Keefe 

13. A 1979 West End musical based on this Hugo Award winner included a scene in which the title character runs between the hands of protagonist, played by Michael Crawford. Claire Bloom played Alice Kinnian in a 1968 film adaptation of this short story, while Cliff Robertson won an Oscar for the same role he had played in the television adaptation The Two Worlds of Charlie Gordon. Based around the controversial theme of the treatment of mentally challenged individuals, name, for ten points, Daniel Keyes' story or his novel of the same name about a man and a very smart mouse.
A: Flowers for Algernon (prompt on Charlie and Algernon (the musical), Charly (the movie), or The Two Worlds of Charlie Gordon (the TV movie))

14. Features with the same name exist in Australia and Wales, but the largest was the subject of a controversial 2007 Disney-produced video aimed at promoting tourism to America. Approximately 90% of the water of the Niagara River flows through this, and at its base the Maid of the Mist offers boat tours. Located between Terrapin Point on the New York side and Table Rock on the Ontario side and separated from American Falls by Goat Island, this is, for ten points, what largest waterfall primarily within Canada, the biggest component of Niagara Falls.
A: Horseshoe Falls

15. Originally written by Tony Hatch, this song was a US number one hit in 1965. It was used in the 2008 British series Lost in Austen, and on Seinfeld, George suspects it may help explain a mysterious assignment. Sung by Winona Ryder through a door to Elisabeth Moss in the 1999 film Girl, Interrupted, it has been covered by Frank Sinatra, Dolly Parton and Spice Girl Emma Bunton, and was used in post 9/11 commercials to promote tourism in Lower Manhattan. For ten points, name this song made famous by Petula Clark.
A: Downtown

16. Rohullah Nikpai's Taekwondo bronze medal in the Beijing Olympics was this nation's first, though it did not participate in the 1992 and 1984 Games, and was banned from the 2000 Olympics. Once the target of the Mauryan Empire, Alexander the Great, and Genghis Khan, an assault from its northern neighbour in December, 1979 sparked a ten-year-long conflict that led to a boycott of the 1980 Moscow Olympics. That conflict developed into a civil war that lasts to this day in, for ten points, what nation whose Marxist government used Soviet support to fight the Mujahideen Resistance.
A: Democratic Republic of Afghanistan or Islamic Republic of Afghanistan 

17. A Lucasian Professor of Mathematics and recent Presidential Medal of Freedom winner, on his Discovery Channel show Into the Universe he said “If aliens visit us, the outcome would be much as when Columbus landed in America, which didn't turn out well for the Native Americans." He has theorized that we should be looking for life in places beyond planets to stars and the vacuum of space itself, and believes it is mathematically certain that extraterrestrial beings exist. Perhaps these warnings will appear in future editions of the Universe in a Nutshell by, for ten points, this British theoretical physicist.
A: Stephen William Hawking

18. Because of practical constraints, some experiments designed to measure its effects use one flat plate and another that is a section of a sphere with a large radius. At a separation of 10 nanometers, this produces roughly one atmosphere of pressure. Its existence was predicted in 1948 by a physicist at Philips Research Labs, for whom this effect is now named. An attractive force that acts between two close, parallel, uncharged conducting plates is, for ten points, what effect which is NOT referenced in a similarly named Sufjan Stevens song.
A: Casimir effect

19. The province by this name neighbours Phang Nga and Krabi, while the international airport by this name has the code HKT. Roughly the size of Singapore and located in the Andaman Sea, the island by this name is the largest in its country and was formerly known as Junkseilon. Patong Beach, containing most of its nightlife and shopping districts, is among the most popular tourist destinations of, for ten points, this island which shares its name with a province, island, and city in Thailand and which was devastated by the 2004 tsunami.
A: Phuket (POO-ket)

20. Bethany Shady and her boyfriend run Geronimo Jack’s Beard, a blog about this show on which she appears as an extra, and on which Lancelot, A Wrinkle in Time and Watership Down appeared in the episode "Recon". Shady’s boyfriend has won two ALMA awards for portraying Hugo Reyes, and Entertainment Weekly tweeted that an Emmy nominee from this show was recognized for "astounding sonogram reading, vending machine vandalism [and] Sawyer smooching work." Backgammon, Hume, Phuket, the Casimir effect, and every other tossup answer in this pack have all been referenced on, for ten points, what show that ended in May 2010 by explaining (sort of) the Sideways Universe and the history of the Island.
A: Lost

21. In the 1990s, this former elder in the Sandemanian church was depicted on the Series E £20 banknotes. Though he rejected a knighthood and twice refused the presidency of the Royal Society, he did become a member of the Royal Swedish and French Academies of Sciences. For his scientific contributions, he is the namesake of the constant equal to the magnitude of electric charge per mole of electrons. For ten points, name this English chemist and physicist, discoverer of benzene, and known for his work in the field of electromagnetism.
A: Michael Faraday

22. In 1881, France invaded this nation and established a protectorate that lasted until 1956, when the country was declared an independent state. The first president of this single party nation governed for 31 years before his successor Zine el Abidine Ben Ali replaced him after a bloodless coup. As of July 13, 2010, Ben Ali is the sitting incumbent president of, for ten points, what nation which once housed the former city of Carthage.
A: Tunisia

23. This was the weapon of choice for Project Mayhem, the terrorist group in Chuck Palahniuk's novel Fight Club, and in tablet, patch, or spray form, it can have medical applications as a treatment for heart conditions. It is more commonly found as a heavy, colorless, oily, explosive liquid, and is often used for industrial and demolition purposes. In order to create a commercially successful explosive, Alfred Nobel used, for ten points, what active ingredient of dynamite.
A: nitroglycerin

24. Oleg Liptsin has adapted this work into a play, which debuted in San Francisco in 2007, while a song by Sarah Slean shares its title. Originally published in January and February of 1864 in the author’s own journal, The Epoch, it is divided into two main parts: the second is told in first-person by the protagonist, who describes people and events his life; the first is written as the diary of a bitter, ex-civil servant. For ten points, name this short existential novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
A: Notes from the Underground or Letters from the Underworld or Zapiski iz podpol'ya

Bonuses

1. Wouldn’t life be easier if all gases were ideal? For 10 points each, answer these questions about gases ideal and otherwise.

[10] The thermodynamic properties of an ideal are expressed in this formula for the Ideal Gas Law, which interrelates pressure, volume, temperature and number of moles of the gas.
A: PV = nRT  (R is the gas constant)

[10] Real gases do not obey the Ideal Gas Law, but it is most accurate for monatomic gases under these two conditions which minimize the effect of molecular size and intermolecular attraction. Name either condition for ten points.
A: low pressure and high temperature

[10] This equation named after a Dutch thermodynamicist is based on a modification of the Ideal Gas Law which adds terms for the attraction between the particles the average volume excluded from v by a particle
A: van der Waals equation

2. Part 4 of Ken Burns’ Civil War was on TV last night. Let’s write a question about the double rainbows intense events that this question writer saw!

[10] July, 1863 saw this decisive battle in which the Confederates were defeated, ending Robert E. Lee’s last invasion of the North. It had the highest number of casualties of any battle in the war.
A: Battle of Gettysburg

[10] Nicknamed "Old Snapping Turtle", he was the commanding officer of the Army of the Potomac at Gettysburg, having replaced Joseph Hooker just three days prior to the battle.
A: George Gordon Meade

[10] On the third day of the battle he led an ill-fated Confederate assault that today bears his name. The over 12,000 Confederate soldiers involved suffered over 50% casualties
A: George Edward Pickett

3. In honour of the Vancouver Pride celebrations this month, answer the following about LGBT history, for ten points each.

[10] Around 1785 he wrote Offences Against One’s Self, the first known argument for homosexual law reform in England, though it was not published until 1978. He is better known for his advocacy of utilitarianism and for the idea of the panopticon.
A: Jeremy Bentham

[10] This founder of the anarchist journal Mother Earth felt that social liberation should extend to homosexuals, and once wrote “It is a tragedy ... that people of a different sexual type are caught in a world which shows so little understanding.”
A: Emma Goldman

[10] German doctors had performed sex change operations in the 1920s, but the December 1, 1952 ,New York Daily News headline "Ex-GI Becomes Blonde Beauty", made this woman the first widely-known individual to have sex reassignment surgery. Her story later inspired Ed Wood’s film Glen or Glenda?
A: Christine Jorgensen

4.  Visual Bonus A: You have just been handed paintings by three artists of the Dutch golden age. Identify them from additional clues, for ten points each.

[10] The Wine Glass is by this artist of Girl With A Pearl Earring, whose work set the tone for representations of the upper bourgeoisie. Due to his slow pace of work, only 34 paintings are attributed to him, leading to his relative obscurity until the 19th Century.
A: Johannes Vermeer or Jan Vermeer or Johan Vermeer or Johannis Vermeer

[10] The Bean Feast is by this artist, who like Rembrandt attended the Latin school in Leiden. He later studied under his father-in-law, the great Jan van Goyen, and produced over 800 paintings of daily life in a humorous and lustful style, leading his name to become a Dutch proverb for a messy scene.
A: Jan Havickszoon Steen

[10] Like The Maas at Dordrecht, his work often depicts the busy life of his hometown. The most famous of a family of artists, he is celebrated for his depiction of sunlight in many pastoral scenes of placid cows and rivers, though many paintings attributed to him may be the work of Abraham Calraet.
A: Aelbert Cuyp

5. If you get elected, eventually they’ll name something after you. Name the historical leader based on the public works project named for him for 10 points each.

[10] The construction of the Aswan High Dam created a body of water approximately 550km long. While the portion in Sudan is called Lake Nubia, the greater part is named after this man who along with Muhammad Naguib led the Egyptian Revolution of 1952.
A: Gamal Abdel Nasser or Lake Nasser

[10] A 221m high structure near Las Vegas named for this man cost $49 million to build and is currently maintained by the Bureau of Reclamation. He was the Secretary of Commerce at the project's inception and president during its construction.
A: Herbert Clark Hoover or Hoover Dam (prompt on Boulder Dam, its previous name)

[10] Called the Portage Mountain Development during its planning and construction, this project near Hudson's Hope created the largest lake in British Columbia. It is now named after this man, B.C.'s longest serving premier.
A: William Andrew Cecil Bennett or W.A.C. Bennett Dam (prompt on Bennett)

6. For this bonus answer questions related to the human sex chromosome

[10] Roughly 1 in 1000 males is affected by this most common sex chromosome disorder, whose effects include the development of small testicles, reduced fertility, a youthful build and appearance, or a rounded body type with some degree of gynecomastia.
A: Klinefelter's syndrome or XXY syndrome

[10] This condition marked by a constricted area near the end of the long arm of an X chromosome can affect both sexes and is the second most common cause of mental retardation, after Down's syndrome. Symptoms include social anxiety, problems with face encoding and working memory, hypersensitivity, and attention deficit.
A: fragile X syndrome or Martin-Bell syndrome

[10] Abbreviated XO, it occurs in about 1 in 2500 girls. The lack of the second X chromosome results in the absence of menstrual cycle and sterility, while other symptoms include short stature, a broad chest with widely spaced nipples, low-set ears and webbed necks.
A: Ullrich-Turner syndrome or gonadal dysgenesis

7. Canadian tweens dream of more than owning a pony and marrying Justin Bieber. For ten points each, answer these questions about Canada’s contributions to the pink tutu ballerina dream.

[10] Baby ballerinas across Canada hope to one day earn a spot in this city’s Royal Ballet School, which is associated with the longest continually running ballet company in North America.
A: Winnipeg

[10] Teenage prima ballerinas may poster their walls with images of this world-famous and now retired National Ballet of Canada principal dancer who was famous for partnering with Rudolf Nureyev.
A: Karen Kain

[10] Boys in tights can look up to this Canadian ballet star who rose through the NBC, from training at the National Ballet School in 1977, to principal rank in 1988, to artist-in-residence in 2006. In 2008 he appeared as a judge on So You Think You Can Dance Canada.
A: Rex Harrington

8. SCOBY dooby doo, what are you? For ten points each, name the fermented food item that requires a Symbiotic Colony of Bacteria and Yeast to form.

[10] Mother, Mother! This is a mildly alcoholic fermented tea that can be made at home by fermenting tea with a visible, solid mass of yeast and bacteria culture known as a mushroom or mother.
A: kombucha

[10] This “starter” compound containing a lactobacillus culture is used in many breads, including pumpernickel and  Amish Friendship Bread (which adds milk and sugar to the recipe), but it is most closely associated with San Francisco.
A: sourdough

[10] This beverage with the consistency of thin yogurt contains “grains” that resemble cauliflower and which contain a mix of bacteria and yeasts. In a Vampire Weekend song, the narrator spills it on your keffiyeh.
A: kefir

9. Visual Bonus B: You have just been handed a sheet showing the covers of four Giller award winners. From brief descriptions, identify them. 5 for one, 10 for two, 20 for three, 30 for all four.

A: Set in Mumbai and following four characters from differing backgrounds from Indian independence to the Indian Emergency, this 1995 Giller winner is one of only two Canadian books to be selected for Oprah’s Book Club.
A: A Fine Balance

B: A fictionalized story about the notorious 1843 murders of Thomas Kinnear and his housekeeper Nancy Montgomery in Upper Canada, this novel won the 1996 Giller and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize.
A: Alias Grace

C: The author’s final novel, it recounts the life of the eponymous Montrealer, who is tried and acquitted of his friend’s murder and diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. In addition to the 1997 Giller, it also won the Stephen Leacock award for humour.
A: Barney’s Version

D: A collection of interconnected short stories about four medical students inspred by the author’s own experiences in medical school, this 2006 Giller winner was adapted into a television series for HBO Canada.
A: Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures

10. On this day in history, stuff happened. For 10 points each, answer these questions about events that occurred on July 17.

[10] Following a revolt by the Leib Guard, the death of Peter III elevated this woman, his widow, to Empress on July 17, 1762.
A: Catherine II or Catherine the Great or Yekaterina II Velikaya

[10] On July 17, 1771, in the course of Samuel Hearne’s exploration of the Coppermine River in what is now Nunavut, a group of Chipewyan Dene warriors killed approximately 20 Inuit men, women, and children in this incident.
A: Bloody Falls Massacre or Massacre at Bloody Falls

[10] On July 17, 1936, a military coup against president Manuel Azaña and the Popular Front government started this conflict.
A: Spanish Civil War

11. On April 10th, 2010, a plane crash claimed the lives of numerous Polish notables, including the president and first lady. For 10 points each, answer these questions relating to that tragic event.

[10] Name that Polish president, a social conservative and member of the
Law and Justice party who won the 2005 presidential election.
A: Lech Kaczyński

[10] The Tupolev Tu-154M that crashed was en route from Warsaw to Smolensk Oblast, Russia, to attend a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of this event.
A: Katyn Massacre

[10] Name either the current president-elect of Poland, or the man he defeated in the second round of voting on July 4. The former had been Marshal of the Sejm and acting president, the latter had served as prime minister from July 2006 to November 2007.
A: Bronisław Komorowski and Jarosław Kaczyński (the late president’s brother)

12. While BC is home to some of the world's most sensitive ecosystems, they have not always been well-protected. Identify the following for ten points each.

[10] Since 2004, a permanent protest involving a tree-top platform has been in place at MacMillan Provincial Park, the site of this famous stand of ancient Douglas Fir, some of which are over 800 years old and more than 9 metres in circumference.
A: Cathedral Grove

[10] This area on the west coast of Vancouver Island was the focus of protests in 1984, in response to the planned logging of Meares Island, and in 1993, in response to the BC government's Land Use Decision permitting logging in two thirds of the region's old growth forest.
A: Clayoquot Sound (KLAH-quot, accept reasonable attempts to pronounce)

[10] The proposed South Fraser Perimeter Road could threaten this ecosystem in Delta, whose indigenous name is Maqwum. It is home to 24 mammal and 150 bird species, and is a culturally significant site for the Tsawwassen, Semiahmoo, and Sto:lo First Nations.
A: Burns Bog

13. For 10 points each, identify these Tony Award winning plays or musicals playing in Vancouver this summer.

[10] Based on an Oscar-winning animated film, this musical featuring puppets and actors in animal costumes and originally directed by Julie Taymor won the 1998 Tony for Best Musical.
A: The Lion King

[10] In the Vancouver production of this David Mamet real estate drama, Will and Grace’s Eric McCormack plays Ricky Roma, the role that won Tonys for Joe Mantegna and Liev Schreiber, and for which Al Pacino received an Oscar nomination.
A: Glengarry Glen Ross

[10] “My Friend, The Dictionary”, “Magic Foot”, and “My Unfortunate Erection” are songs from this 2005 Best Book winner and Best Musical nominee about an academic competition.
A: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

14. Japanese poems / a three part bonus question / ten points per answer.

[10] That lead-in followed the typical 5-7-5 syllable distribution of these poems, though it did not contain the kigo, or seasonal reference, and the kireji, or "cutting word", that are traditionally required.
A: haiku or hokku

[10] This poetry, with a name meaning "river willow", shares the 17 syllable form of haiku, but tends to be about human foibles rather than nature, cynical or humorous rather than serious, and do not include kireji or kigo.
A: senryu

[10] This term literally meaning "Japanese poem" was coined during the Heian period to distinguish Japanese-language poetry from kanshi (poetry in Chinese by Japanese poets). It encompasses many forms, principally tanka and choka.
A: waka or Yamato uta

15. On July 11th, 2010, young fugitive anti-hero Colton Harris-Moore, was apprehended in the Bahamas. Answers these questions about him, for ten points each.

[10] Harris-Moore is better known to his 86,000 Facebook fans by this nickname.  
A: Barefoot Bandit or Barefoot Burgler

[10] A Camano Island native, Harris-Moorre committed most of his crimes in the Pacific Northwest, including in this Kootenay town with same name as the valley where the polygamous settlement Bountiful, BC is located.
A: Creston

[10] Harris-Moore's various charges, including interstate transportation of a stolen aircraft, have led some to compare him to this skyjacker, who in 1971 jumped out of a Boeing 727 with $200,000, never to be seen again.
A: Dan “D.B.” Cooper

16. They can’t all be Good Pope John. For ten points each, identify these men on The Stranger’s list of the Worst Popes Ever.

[10] While he never bore the actual title, Catholics consider him the first pope. According to the Stranger “Invented this shit. Excruciating at dinner parties. Never stopped talking about his "book deal." Chronic interrupter.”
A: St Peter or Simon Peter or Simon Cephas

[10] A descendant of Charlemagne, he became pope in 955 at age 18 and quickly brought about a moral corruption that disgraced the papacy. As the Stranger says: “I'm pretty sure that ‘Don't turn the sacred palace into a whorehouse’ is on page one of the rule book and ‘Don't toast to the devil in front of the clerics’ is on PAGE FUCKING TWO.”
A: John XII or Octavianus

[10] A pope so bad, his surname became a byword for the debased standards of the papacy. His crimes included bribing his way into office with four mule-loads of silver and involvement in the murders of several cardinals. The Stranger adds: “literal werewolf; would eat your leftovers without asking ‘just 'cause,’ even if you put a Post-it note on them; possibly boned his own daughter.”
A: Alexander VI or Roderic Llançol or Roderic de Borja i Borja or Rodrigo Borgia

17. Apple Computers has been known to use people even more famous than John Hodgman and Justin Long in its ads. For ten points each identify these creative geniuses featured in the Think Different campaign.

[10] This inventor of the motion picture camera and other revolutionary electricity-based devices was known as the “Wizard of Menlo Park”.
A: Thomas Alva Edison

[10] This Greek soprano was so famous in the Opera scene that she earned the title “La Divina” for her impressive bel canto technique, wide-ranging voice, and great dramatic gifts, and Leonard Bernstein called her "The Bible of opera".
A: Maria Callas or Sophia Cecelia Kalos or Maria Anna Sofia Cecilia Kalogeropoulou

[10] Creatures such as doozers, fraggles, and gorgs were created by this famous film and television pioneer, who is better known for providing the voice (and the soul) of Kermit the Frog.
A: James Maury “Jim” Henson

18. They’re as tall as an elephant, can run as fast than Usain Bolt, and can swim twice as fast as Michael Phelps. For ten points each, answer the following questions about the world’s largest land carnivore.

[10] Along with the similarly sized Kodiak, these are the largest members of genus ursus.
A: polar bear

[10] This famous polar bear shares his name with a bronze coin from the Harry Potter universe. A German postage stamp depicts him with a slogan that translates in English to "Preserve nature worldwide".
A: Knut

[10] This Canadian entertainment company uses a polar bear as its logo. Its television franchises include the Care Bears, Rupert the Bear, and Maurice Sendak's Little Bear.
A: Nelvana

19. Provide the famous first words for 15 points or for 5 if you need some help. (Moderator note: do not read first part answer before reading the second part)

[15] For 15 points, the first two sentences spoken over the telephone.
A: Mr. Watson, come here. I want to see you.
[5] For 5 points, the sentence that follows “Mr. Watson, come here.”
A: I want to see you.

[15] For 15 points, the first seven words of the U.S. Declaration of Independence.
A: When in the course of human events
[5] For 5 points, the 2 words that follow “When in the course of...”
A: human events

20. You have been given a sheet showing the molecular structures of five compounds you may commonly find in a kitchen. For five points each and a bonus five for all correct, identify them.

A: ethanol or Ethyl alcohol or grain alcohol or pure alcohol or hydroxyethane or drinking alcohol or ethyl hydrate or absolute alcohol (prompt on alcohol or C2H5OH or C2H6O)

B: acetic acid or ethanoic acid or acetyl hydroxide or hydrogen acetate or ethylic acid or methanecarboxylic acid (prompt on vinegar or CH3COOH or C2H4O2 or AcOH or HAc)

C: sucrose or saccharose or β-(2S,3S,4S,5R)-fructofuranosyl-α-(1R,2R,3S,4S,5R)-glucopyranoside (prompt on sugar or C12H22O11)

D: caffeine or 1,3,7-trimethylxanthine or trimethylxanthine or methyltheobromine or 7-methyltheophylline or theine or mateine or guaranine (prompt on coffee, tea, or equivalents or C8H10N4O2)

E: capsaicin or 8-Methyl-N-vanillyl-trans-6-nonenamide or (E)-N-(4-Hydroxy-3-methoxybenzyl)-8-methylnon-6-enamide or trans-8-Methyl-N-vanillylnon-6-enamide or (E)-Capsaicin (prompt on chili pepper or equivalents or C18H27NO3 or (CH3)2CHCH=CH(CH2)4CONHCH2C6H3-4-(OH)-3-(OCH3))

21. For ten points each, answer the following questions about Canadian science fiction author Robert J. Sawyer.

[10] Sawyer’s latest trilogy is partially set in Toronto, and features a blind girl who, after radical surgery, begins communicating with an emergent sentient manifestation from the World Wide Web. For ten points, name either the trilogy or the first novel thereof.
A: WWW trilogy or Wake

[10] In 2009, ABC debuted a television series starring Joseph Fiennes and John Cho loosely adapted from this 1999 Sawyer novel.
A: Flashforward

[10] Sawyer won the 1991 Aurora Award for Best Long Work in English for this, his first published novel, which combined elements of science fiction and suspense thrillers.
A: Golden Fleece

22. According to a recent study, less than five percent of musicians earn a living off their music. For 10 points each, identify these musicians with unusual non-musical careers.

[10] Before scoring hits with “Maggie May” and “Do Ya Think I’m Sexy”, this British singer worked as a grave digger to face a childhood fear of death.
A: Rod Stewart

[10] Cherie Currie currently works as a chain saw artist, but she was once the lead singer of this band, as depicted in a recent film starring Dakota Fanning as Currie and Kristen Stewart as Joan Jett.
A: The Runaways

[10] Better known today for her recordings with the Dap-Kings and for duetting with Michael Bublé on “Baby (You’ve Got What It Takes)”, this soul singer was once a corrections officer on Rikers’ Island and an armoured car driver.
A: Sharon Jones

23. On July 7, 2010, a lake 150km north of Flin Flon was named after a Canadian hockey hero, but the decision has not been without controversy. For ten points each, answer these questions about the story.

[10] The lake was named after this Winnipeg native who in June won the Conn Smythe Trophy as captain of the Stanley Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks and was named Best Forward at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics.
A: Jonathan Toews (pronounced TAVES)

[10] Since lakes in the province are usually named for fallen Manitoban soldiers, the decision to name Lake Toews has been controversial for this premier, who defeated Steve Ashton at the NDP leadership convention in October, 2009.
A: Greg Selinger

[10] Manitoba’s chief of protocol for the government has defended the Toews decision, pointing out that lakes were named after each of this woman’s six grandchildren on the occasion of her visit to Manitoba in 2002.
A: Queen Elizabeth II

24. Answer the following questions related to the vegetation of British Columbia, for ten points each.

[10] Western Biologicals Ltd., Aurora Farm, Crafty Gardener, and Sunshine Farm are examples of this type of depository organization dedicated to the conservation, documentation, and use of public-domain, non-hybrid plants of Canadian significance.
A: seed bank

[10] In 2006, a former interior decorator admitted to committing arborcide to enhance her harbour-side view. Ultimately, she was granted an absolute discharge after donating $20,000 and paying a nearly $30,000 replacement charge for trees in this Vancouver park.
A: Stanley Park

[10] Known as the “Prince of Pot”, this current detainee of the Sea Tac Federal Detention Center is an avid advocate of BC bud and other varietals of cannabis, and a founding member, president, leader, and frequent candidate for the BC Marijuana Party.
A: Marc Emery

25. For ten points each, name these men who are related both by their general awesomeness and their names (but not by blood, as far as we know).

[10] This architect and futurist is the creator of the geodesic dome, coined the terms “spaceship earth” and “synergetics”, and has an awesome first name. So awesome that “buckyballs” are named after him.
A: Richard Buckminster “Bucky” Fuller

[10] This creator of the brilliant but cancelled Wonderfalls, the brilliant but cancelled Dead Like Me, and the brilliant but cancelled Pushing Daisies unable to save Heroes from deteriorating quality. It is now cancelled.
A: Bryan Fuller

[10] “He is not an accredited zoologist, nor does he hold an advanced degree in any of the environmental sciences. He is simply an enthusiastic young man with a sixth-grade education and an abiding love for all God's creatures.” As played by Tracy Morgan on Saturday Night Live, he hosted his eponymous Safari Planet.
A: Brian Fellow