VETO 2009 Pack McMasterTossups by: Craig Moysey, Sameer RawalBonuses by: Victor Ferreira, Sameer Rawal, Craig Moysey

1. SPAR aerospace constructed this tool which was upgraded in 2005 with the introduction of the Orbital Boom Sensor System, which is able double its length. It is 15.2 meters long and has been built with six degrees of freedom.  Five of them were delivered to NASA and one was lost in the Challenger disaster. Used to deploy and retrieve payload from Space Shuttles, For Ten Points, give the nationalistic nickname for this unique mechanical arm.

A: Canadarm (Do NOT accept Canadarm2. Accept Shuttle Remote Manipulator System before “nationalistic nickname”.)

2. George Edward Akerson served as the first person in this capacity under the Hoover administration. James Brady was shot and wounded while serving this position under Ronald Reagan. The person serving the president in this role acquires information about the administration and the current state of the world and distributes it to the press, and traditionally answers questions from the White House Corps during press conferences. For Ten Points name this position, currently held by Robert Gibbs.

A: White House Press Secretary

3.   Two of this major rivers tributaries include the Tonlé Sap and the Bassac, both of which join this river in a South-East Asian world capital. The 12th longest in the world and 7th longest in Asia, its course begins in the Tibetan Plateau and eventually makes its way to South China Sea. For ten points, name this river which passes through China, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam.

A: Mekong

4.  His family moved to Canada when he was six, and settled in Georgina township in York County. He went to school at Upper Canada College, and University of Chicago in 1899 gaining degrees in Political Economy and Political Science, and was active in the conservative political scene. He is best known for his comedic writing however, especially his book about the foibles of small town Canada, based loosely on his time in Orillia. For Ten Points, name this author of “Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town”

A: Stephen Leacock

5. It’s been said that he fell in love with one of his models, Simonetta Vespucci, as she appears in many of his paintings, and he requested to be buried at her feet. Many of his paintings have religious or mythological themes and he along with other important Florentine and Umbrian artists were commissioned by Pope Sixtus IV to paint the Sistine Chapel. Some of his works include: The Mystical Nativity  and Primavera. For Ten Points, name this Early renaissance painter, best known for The Birth of Venus  

A: Sandro Botticelli

6. Kipling wrote a follow up to this poem, detailing the subjects of the poem visiting the author and asking him to write a follow up. A recording on wax cylinder survives of the author reciting this poem in 1890, 36 years after it was written and 36 years after the event in it takes place. It evokes the bible, referencing the “valley of death”, and is memorable for its repeating line “rode the six-hundred”. For ten points, name this Lord Tennyson poem, about an event in the Crimean war.

A: The Charge of the Light Brigade

7. Other than the work he is most famous for appearing in, this character has been mentioned in a work published in The Saturday Evening Post entitled “Last Day of the Last Furlough.” In the work he is known for appearing in, he spends three days in Manhattan picking up prostitutes and asking confusing questions to cab drivers about the ducks in Central Park. For ten points, name this character who was kicked out of Pencey Prep. at the beginning of Catcher in the Rye.A: Holden Caulfield (accept either name) 8. The majority of his reign was overseen by Lord Protectors by two different dukes, each the first of their kind. The second, John Dudley, began as 1st Earl of Warwick but became the 1st Earl of Northumberland in 1551. Before his death at a young age, this king chose his cousin, Lady Jane Grey, as his heir over his two half sisters, Mary and Elizabeth, a move which saw great debate and dispute from the public. For ten points, name this only son of Henry VIII, the first protestant king of England.A: Edward VI

9. The resection or severing of this anatomical structure is a now obsolete treatment for peptic ulcer disease; however the same procedure is being investigated as a weight-loss treatment. Its left and right components arise from the medulla oblongata and it descends within the carotid sheath. It and its branches provide parasympathetic stimulation to the sino-atrial node and digestive viscera, as well as other organs. For Ten Points name this wandering tenth cranial nerve

 A: vagus nerve or pneumogastric nerve. (accept cranial nerve ten or CN X before “tenth cranial nerve”).

10. The artist of this painting had long been associated with the members of the royal family it depicted, but had only recently been awarded with the title “palace chamberlain” prior to completing this work. It has been referred to as a “snapshot” of the daily life of its subjects, rather than a set out portrait. The artist himself is depicted painting, as well as the main subjects parents reflected in a mirror at the rear. For ten points, name this painting which depicts the Infanta Margarita, by Diego Velazquez. A: Las Meninas

11. One of this author’s early works is the story of a princess who is abducted by an evil wizard, Ruslan and Ludmila. Born in Moscow, he began writing by the time he was fifteen, and over his lifetime published such classics as The Gypsies and The Bronze Horseman. His true masterpiece is the story of a dandy who kills his friend Vladimir Lensky in a duel. For ten points, name this Russian author of Eugene Onegin.

A: Alexander Pushkin

12. It would have a mass of zero, no charge, and a spin of two. It would be analogous to the photon, gluon, and W and Z bosons, which are particles that model three of the fundamental forces. The LIGO and VIRGO facilities represent attempts to detect the presence of gravity waves, which would represent a coherent form of:  For Ten Points this hypothetical elementary particle which is thought to mediate the force of gravity.

A: graviton

13. Fifteen years after the conclusion of his most famous voyage and the adventure which ensued, he was appointed Governor of New South Wales in Australia in 1805. He was sent there to clean up the rum trade, which resulted in him being arrested by Major George Johnston after the so-called Rum Rebellion. Set adrift with several of his men, he made a harrowing voyage on a raft to Timor after his ship was mutinied by Fletcher Christian. For ten points, name this Captain of the HMS Bounty.

A: William Bligh

14. A ballet written on her by Samuel Barber was renamed The Cave of the Heart before it was finished. With her famous husband, she mothered two children, Mermeros and Pheres, whom she was speculated to have killed later in life as revenge against her husband, who leaves her to marry a princess of Corinth. For ten points, name this wife of Jason.

A: Medea

15. He was born in the province of East Azerbaijan. In 1979 he was appointed by Ayatollah Khomeni to the Iranian Council of Islamic Revolution, and was the last person to hold the position of Prime Minister before it was abolished in 1989. In 2009 he was a candidate in the disputed presidential election in Iran. The colour green became a symbol of his campaign and the protests. For Ten Points name this political figure in Iran, who was defeated in the recent controversial election.

A: Mir-Hossein Mousavi

16. This famous speech was recently referenced in the Oscar-nominated movie Doubt, when a certain student is called upon to identify it based upon the name of the speaker. The speech was used as fuel for the American Revolution, threatening the possibility of

slavery or worse by the British if they did not fight for their freedom. For ten points, name this speech by Patrick Henry, known now by its most famous final line.

A: “Give Me Liberty, or Give Me Death!” (prompt on partial answer)

17. This country is one of the least densely populated in the world. It has five separate defined geographical areas, two of which are deserts. Other defining features include the Orange River and its Atlantic Coastline. Recently, it has been known for its extremely high AIDS/HIV rate and the birth place of a certain celebrity baby. For ten points, name this African country which earned its independence in 1990, with capital at Windhoek.A: Namibia

18. Out of high school, Rivals.com placed him as the 2nd ranked running-back behind Adrian Peterson. He committed to the University of California, Berkley, where he played as a true freshman behind J.J. Arrington. He was picked 12th overall in the 2007 NFL draft, and immediately became the starting running back for his team. He coined the term “beast mode” to describe his ability on the football field. FTP name this starting running back for the Buffalo Bills (as of 2008).

A: Marshawn Lynch

19. She was born in the Bronx to immigrant parents. She self identifies as a “Nuyorican”. She went to Princeton on a full scholarship where she had trouble adapting to the new Ivy League environment as her vocabulary and writing skills were lacking. She graduated summa cum laude and went on to Yale Law earning her J.D.. Her last claim to fame was her ruling in Silverman v. Major League Baseball Player Relations Committee, Inc. which effectively ended the ’94 baseball strike. FTP name this current Supreme Court justice nominee who will provisionally replace David Souter.

A: Sonia Sotomayor

20. This organ forms from the endoderm of the embryo from two buds that fuse and form the Duct of Wirsung. It consists of a head, a body, and a tail. It is inferior and anterior to the spleen, and is located in the curve of the duodenum. It has both endocrine and exocrine function, and both digestive and hormonal function. The exocrine acini cells of it secrete digestive enzymes, and the islet cells of it release hormones that are important for glucose homeostasis. FTP name this organ which secretes glucagon and insulin.

A: Pancreas

21. It was designated on June 27, 1955 for the fiftieth jubilee anniversary of its province, and it was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. It has a varied composition, with badland, prairie, and cottonwood areas, but that is not its claim to fame. Its claim to fame is the specimens that were found here, which were shipped to museums internationally. Located about two hours east of Calgary, an astonishing 500 fossils of 39

species of dinosaurs have been excavated from here. For Ten Points, name this provincial park in Alberta.

A: Dinosaur Provincial Park (do not accept Dinosaur National Park)

22. This team has had 8 players inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame, two of whom were inducted in the last two years, Glenn Anderson and another. Two members of this team are first and second overall in career points, and both of them were captains during the team’s dynasty years, 1983-1990. The team has won five Stanley Cups in its history, only having been in the NHL for 30 years. For 10 points, which team which plays its home games in Rexall Centre, and has had players such as Grant Fuhr, Paul Coffey, Mark Messier, and of course, Wayne Gretzky.

A: Edmonton Oilers (accept either)

23. He was born in 1868, and became tsarevich upon the assassination of his Grandfather. He took the throne in 1894 after the death of his father due to kidney disease. At his coronation, it’s estimated that 1429 people died, and he found it hard to gain popularity from the start due to his conservative policies. He saw the Russo-Japanese war, Bloody Sunday, and the Russian Revolution. For Ten Points, name this man, who was assassinated by Bolsheviks, the Last Emperor of Russia.

A: Tsar Nicholas II of Russia.

24. By one account, Harmonia is the daughter of him and Aphrodite. He himself was the son of Hera, and he was the only god to have been exiled from Olympus and to have returned as well. Achilles’ mother Thetis raised this god after he was thrown off Olympus by Hera. His marriage to Aphrodite was ironic as he was ugly, no wonder she cheated. He caught her in bed with Ares with a metal net so thin, it was invisible. For ten points name this Greek god, the blacksmith to Olympus.

A: Hephaestus (do not accept Vulcan)

Bonuses

1. Name these works by SØren Kierkegaard for Ten Points Each

A. This work explores the aesthetic and ethical phases or stages of existence. It portrays two life views, one consciously hedonistic, the other based on ethical duty and responsibility.ANSWER: Either/Or

B. This work is an interpretation of the Binding of Isaac as told in Genesis Chapter 22, and uses the story to discuss fundamental issues in moral philosophy and the philosophy of religion, such as the nature of God and faith, faith's relationship with ethics and morality, and the difficulty of being authentically religious. ANSWER: Fear and Trembling

C. In this work, Kierkegaard uses a particular value or virtue to understand the existence and relationship of the individual Christian. He grounds his reasoning both in the philosophy of Existentialism and a high level of theology citing the scriptures of the Christian Bible.ANSWER: Works of Love

2. Oh how the times are troublesome. Name these financial corporations that have had some hard times in the recent recession, for ten points each.

A. This west coast bank failed in late September 2008 and its subsidiaries were bought out by JP Morgan Chase for $1.9 billion US.

ANSWER: Washington Mutual or WaMu

B. This insurance company, was once the 18th largest public company in the world. Recently they have been known for handing out taxpayer bailout money to their CEOs and other executives.

ANSWER: American International Group or AIG

C Despite a strong vote of confidence from the host of Mad Money, Jim Cramer, this investment bank and securities trading firm went belly up in March 2008. Probably should have sold those shares.

ANSWER: Bear Stearns

3. A. For ten points these elementary particles are a major constituent of matter, along with leptons such as electrons and neutrinos. In technical terms they are fermions and are subject to the Pauli Exclusion Principle.

ANSWER: Quarks

B. The different varieties of quarks are given this gustatory name

ANSWER: Flavours

C. For 5 points for each answer, these two flavours of quarks have the lowest masses

ANSWER: Up & Down

4. Names these artists who have made notable appearances on The Simpsons, for ten points each.

A. He first appeared in Diatribe of a Mad Housewife wearing a bag over his head in homage of his sensitivity of showing his face in public. In the episode where Lisa attends college under false pretenses, one of her colleagues is re-reading his novel, Gravity’s Rainbow

ANSWER: Thomas Pynchon.

B. This contemporary American artist who works primarily in painting and printmaking, best known for his painting, Flag, appears in the episode "Mom and Pop Art." He is portrayed as a kleptomaniac, stealing food items, lightbulbs, a motorboat, and a painting which Marge is working on.

ANSWER: Jasper Johns

C. This legendary artist was an influential Latin jazz and mambo musician. He famously guest starred during the Who Shot Mr. Burns episodes.

ANSWER: Tito Puente

5. Answer these questions about British monarchs, for ten points each.

A. The son of Tudor founder Henry VII, he brought England into both the Renaissance and the Reformation.

ANSWER: Henry VIII

B. He was made Duke of Gloucester in 1461 when his brother Edward IV deposed the Lancastrian king Henry VI, as part of the Wars of the Roses.

ANSWER: Richard III

C. The son of Geoffrey of Anjou and Matilda, he married Eleanor of Aquitaine in 1152, and invaded England the following year. While king he developed the common law and due process, but fought with Thomas Becket over submission to the Pope.

ANSWER: Henry II

6. Given the list of best picture nominees and the year, identify the winner, for ten points each.

A. 1989: Born on the Fourth of July, Dead Poets Society, Driving Miss Daisy, Field of Dreams and My Left Foot

ANSWER: Driving Miss Daisy

B. 1980: Coal Miner’s Daughter, The Elephant Man, Ordinary People, Raging Bull and Tess

ANSWER: Ordinary People

C: 1947: The Bishop’s Wife, Crossfire, Gentleman’s Agreement, Great Expectations and A Miracle on 34th Street.

ANSWER: Gentleman’s Agreement.

7. Answer these questions about Norse myth for ten points each.

A. The All-Father, he is the leader of the Aesir, the principal group of Norse gods. He is a god of war, death, wisdom, poetry, and knowledge, and rides the eight-legged horse Sleipnir.

ANSWER: Odin

B. The son of nine sisters, he is the god of light and guardians. He guards Bifrost, the rainbow bridge into Asgard. His senses are so sharp, he can see 100 miles by night or day and hear grass growing. He will call the Aesir into battle at Ragnarok with his horn Gjall.

ANSWER: Heimdall

C. This blind brother of Baldr is tricked by Loki into killing his brother with a spear of mistletoe.

ANSWER: Hoder

8. Answer the following about eponymous ideas from chemistry, for ten points each:

A This all important equation for determining the pH of a buffer solution uses the pKa and known concentrations of the acid and conjugate base.

ANSWER: Henderson-Hasselbalch Equation

B This law relating the vapour pressure of an ideal solution to the individual vapour pressures and mole fractions of each component is named after a French chemist.

ANSWER: Raoult’s Law

C This doubly eponymous cycle for determining the lattice energy is very similar to the idea behind Hess’s Law for determining enthalpy.

ANSWER: Born-Haber cycle

9. Though maybe not as well known as the American Presidents, even to us Canadians, answer the following questions about our Prime Ministers, for ten points each.

A This first francophone Prime Minister also holds the record for the longest unbroken term of office, putting him fourth overall

ANSWER: Sir Wilfrid Laurier

B This shortest serving Prime Minister, serving just 69 days in 1896, was Prime Minister before Laurier. His is the only government to never face a Parliament.

ANSWER: Sir Charles Tupper

C This longest serving Prime Minister by total days served, he was named after his grandfather, the first mayor of Toronto and leading of the Upper Canada Rebellion. He may also be known for his ability to speak to his dead mother.

ANSWER: William Lyon Mackenzie King

10. Answer the following about a certain author for ten points each.

A His lesser known works include Rising Sun and Airframe, though he may be best known for a couple books about our ancient friends the dinosaurs.

ANSWER: Michael Crichton

B This work, made into a movie in 1998 starring Dustin Hoffman and Samuel L Jackson, takes place in deep sea habitat on the Pacific ocean floor to explore a spacecraft.

ANSWER: Sphere

C The last novel published during Crichton’s lifetime, includes a picture of a chimpanzee behind a barcode on its cover, and concerns different beings trying to survive in a world full of genetic research.

ANSWER: Next

11. Name the following works by everyone's favourite Nigerian writer, Chinua Achebe, for ten points each.

A. Perhaps the most famous work by Achebe is this novel which details the trials of Okonkwo and the subjugation of his Ibo village by the English.

ANSWER: Things Fall Apart

B This novel takes place in the fictional country of Kangan, where a military coup puts an ill-prepared officer into power. His friends, Chris Oriko and Ikem Osodi, become victims of his paranoia and despotism.

ANSWER: Anthills of the Savannah

C.In this novel, the narrator Odili studies the character of his former teacher, M. A. Nanga, who has risen to the post of Minister of Culture in his west African nation. The novel chronicles Nanga’s abuses as a politician.

ANSWER: A Man of the People

12. Given a picture of a province with a star marking the location of a not so major Canadian city, name the city for ten points each. Note: None of these are capitals, as that would be way too easy. (Visuals attached at end of packet)

A ANSWER: Moose Jaw

B ANSWER: Kelowna

C ANSWER: Windsor

13. Name these battles where Canadians were involved for ten points each.

A: This battle has become synonymous with the horrible and muddy conditions in which it was fought. Paul Gross recently starred in a movie about it.

ANSWER: Passchendaele

B: This battle, considered the battle that put the Canadian forces on the world stage, saw the Canadian troops capture a namesake ridge that had eluded British and French forces beforehand.

ANSWER: Vimy Ridge

C: This World War II raid took place on August 19, 1942 on the northern coast of France. None of its major goals were accomplished, though two members of the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry were awarded the Victoria Cross

ANSWER: Dieppe Raid

14. Name these insect orders from members, for ten points each.

A. Beetles and weevils

ANSWER: Coleoptera

2. Butterflies and moths

ANSWER: Lepidoptera

3. Ants, bees, and wasps

ANSWER: Hymenoptera

15. You might know him as the honorary president of the American Humanist Association. You probably know him as an author. For ten points each.

A. Name this author of Cat’s Cradle, Mother Night, and Slaughterhouse Five.

ANSWER: Kurt Vonnegut

B. Name the optometrist who was abducted by aliens from Tralfalmadore in Slaughterhouse Five

ANSWER: Billy Pilgrim

C. What battle is he captured by Germans in?

ANSWER: Battle of the Bulge

16. Given the notes in them, identify the following musical scales as major, natural minor, harmonic minor, chromatic, pentatonic, or whole-tone, FTPE.

A. A B C D E F G# A

ANSWER: harmonic minor

2. C D E F# G# A# C

ANSWER: whole-tone

3. C D E F G A B C

ANSWER: major

17. Answer these questions about Canadians in the news:

A. This CBC radio and television personality got airtime south of the border when Billy Bob Thornton exhibited some bizarre behaviour on his radio show.

ANSWER: Jian Ghomeshi

B. Currently 22 years old, he was the youngest person to have been held in Guantanamo Bay.

ANSWER: Omar Khadr

C. This female hurdler actually won a medal at the Olympics. She took home the bronze in 2008.

ANSWER: Priscilla Lopes-Schliep

18. Name these Asian rivers for ten points each.

A. This is the longest river in China and Asia and the third longest in the world. It rises in the Kunlun Mountains, flows across the Tibetan Plateau, passes the cities of Chongqing, Wuhan, Nanjing, and Shanghai, and empties into the South China Sea.

ANSWER: The Yangtze

B. This is the chief river of Pakistan. It rises in Tibet and flows 1,800 miles to a delta on the Arabian Sea southeast of Karachi.

ANSWER: The Indus

C. This is the chief river of Myanmar. It flows 1,350 miles past Yangon (formerly Rangoon) and Mandalay to the Gulf of Martaban, an arm of the Bay of Bengal. Its delta is one of the world's most important rice-growing regions, and its name is thought to come from the Sanskrit word for "elephant.

ANSWER: The Irrawaddy (or Ayeyarwaddy)

19. No, their hat does not hide bunny ears. Answer these questions about popes for ten points each.

A. He was called “the smiling Pope”, his death sparked conspiracy theories.

ANSWER: Pope John Paul I

B. Pope from 1154-1159, he was the only Englishman to occupy the Papal throne.

ANSWER: Pope Adrian IV or Nicholas Breakspeare

C. This is the ring that the Pope wears.

ANSWER: The Ring of the Fisherman

20. Name these individuals from the Old Testament, for ten points each.

A. He was the first of the patriarchs, whose lives are told in the book of Genesis. His wife Sarah gave birth to Issac when she was 90 years old.

ANSWER: Abraham

B. Together with his three friends (Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah), he was taken captive by Nebuchadnezzar when he conquered the Kingdom of Judah. He gained favor with Nebuchadnezzar when he correctly interpreted one of his dreams.

ANSWER: Daniel

C. She was one of the Judges, leaders who governed the Hebrews in Canaan during the period between Joshua's death and the establishment of the monarchy in Israel. She used to judge while sitting under a palm tree.

ANSWER: Deborah

21. Name these notable mountains for ten points each.

A. It’s one of the Seven Summits, if you go by the Messner list. It’s the highest mountain in Indonesia, and Oceania.

ANSWER: Puncak Jaya (also accept Carstensz Pyramid or Mount Carstensz

B. It’s the southernmost active volcano on Earth, and part of the pacific ring of fire. Name this Antarctic Volcano.

ANSWER: Mount Erebus

C. If you go by the Bass list, it’s one of the seven summits. Name this highest mountain in Australia:

ANSWER: Mount Kosciuszko

22. Names these psychologists for ten points each.

A. He created a notable eight-stage development process and wrote several "psychohistories" explaining how people like Martin Luther and Mahatma Gandhi were able to think and act the way they did.

ANSWER: Erik Erikson

B. He was one of the leading proponents of behaviorism in works like Walden II and Beyond Freedom and Dignity. He argued that all human actions could be understood in terms of physical stimuli and learned responses and that there was no need to study--or even believe in--internal mental states or motivations. He trained animals to perform complicated tasks including teaching pigeons to play table tennis.

ANSWER: Burrhus Frederic Skinner

C. He is principally known for two works, Motivation and Personality and Toward a Psychology of Being, that introduced his theory of the "hierarchy of needs" (food, shelter, love, esteem, etc.) and its pinnacle, the need for "self-actualization."

ANSWER: Abraham Maslow

23. Name these songs about prominent civil rights leaders.

A. This is the second song on the 1984 album The Unforgettable Fire and was released as the album's first single. It was written about Martin Luther King, Jr.

ANSWER: Pride (In the Name of Love)

B. In March 1999, a lawsuit was filed on behalf of this civil rights leader against American hip-hop duo OutKast and LaFace Records, claiming that the group had illegally used her name without permission. Many feel the song's chorus is disrespectful: "Ah ha, hush that fuss / Everybody move to the back of the bus / Do you want to bump and slump with us / We the type of people make the club get crunk.

ANSWER: Rosa Parks

C. This Bob Dylan song about the assassination of civil rights leader Medgar Evers talks about the greater issue at hand in Evars' murder. Dylan honed in on the fact that the

murder of Evers wasn't just an issue between the assassin and his subject, but was a symptom of a greater problem that needed fixing.

ANSWER: Only a Pawn in Their Game

24. Name these structures of the human body.

A. This is a small endocrine gland shaped like a tiny pinecone. It produces melatonin, a hormone that affects the modulation of wake/sleep patterns.

ANSWER: Pineal Gland

B. This is an organ located in the upper anterior portion of the chest cavity just behind the sternum. Its main function is to provide an area for T lymphocyte maturation.

ANSWER: Thymus

C. This is the auditory portion of the inner ear. Its core component is the Organ of Corti, the sensory organ of hearing, which is distributed along the partition separating fluid chambers of this structure.

ANSWER: Cochlea

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