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Tossups

1. One country song about this drink includes the lyric “One is too many / One more is never enough”. ​ That song titled for this drink is a collaboration between Kenny Chesney and Grace Potter. In Carrie Underwood’s “Last Name” they blame their drunken mistakes on this alcoholic drink. In the title track on Emotion, Carly Rae Jepsen asks their love (*) to drink this beverage for them. A song titled after this ​ ​ ​ beverage includes the lyric “Every night when the sun goes down / Just another lonely boy in town”. According to a Joe Nichols song, this drink “makes her clothes fall off”. An Eagles song is titled after a cocktail made with this alcoholic beverage; that cocktail is its namesake “sunrise”. Jose Cuervo is, for 10 points, what kind of Mexican spirit? ANSWER: Tequila (accept “Jose Cuervo” before mention) ​ ​ ​ ​

2. One of this author’s narrators is impressed when a child tells them “In ten minutes, it will be eight ​ o’clock” without looking at a watch. That work’s title character gains the ability to permanently remember everything they experience. One of this author’s narrators “delivers 9 men from evil every 9 years” and realises with shock that they are a minotaur at the end. This author of “Funes the Memorious” and (*) “The House of Asterion” wrote a work whose title competition starts out with losers ​ paying fines, but eventually evolves to a place where losers are executed. This author also wrote a work in which the German spy Yu Tsun shoots Stephen Albert dead. This author of “The Babylon Lottery” collected their works in their Ficciones. For 10 points, identify this Argentine writer of “The Garden of Forking Paths”. ​ ​ ANSWER: Jorge Luis Borges ​

3. William Gull described a patient known only as “Miss A” in a seminal work on these conditions. ​ Christopher Dare helped develop a treatment for these conditions that is known as the Maudsley method. An experiment undertaken in Minnesota used conscientious objectors as test subjects to study the physiological and psychological effects of these conditions. It is not alcoholism or poisoning, but Mallory-Weiss syndrome can occur in people suffering from one of these conditions. The DSM-5 removed the requirement of (*) amenorrhea to diagnose these conditions, which may involve binging and purging. ​ These conditions are far more prevalent in women than men. For 10 points, identify these conditions exemplified by bulimia and anorexia. ANSWER: eating disorders (anti-prompt on any answers mentioning “anorexia” or “bulimia” until mention) ​ ​

4. They’re not Nightwing, but one villain faced by this hero was the conman Jeremy Tell, who was cursed ​ by a pack of playing cards that bonded to their skin and became the villain Double Down. Another villain who fought this hero sewed their mouth shut after incriminating themselves and was named Murmur. One villain fought by this hero called (*) The Top hypnotized other villains fought by this hero including The ​ Trickster and Heat Wave into turning good. George Harkness is an Australian supervillain who fights this hero as Captain Boomerang. This superhero fights a group called the “rogues” led by a man named Leonard Snart, who also goes by Captain Cold. For 10 points, name this DC superhero who fought the villain Zoom, whose power is super speed. ANSWER: The Flash (or Wallace Rudolph “Wally” West, Jason Peter “Jay” Garrick, Bartholomew Henry ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ “Barry” Allen, or Bartholomew Henry “Bart” Allen II) ​ ​ ​ ​

5. This city is home to the Guenete Leul [GWAY-NEET LOOL] palace, which was built in 1930, and later ​ gifted to this city’s university. This city is divided into 10 subcities including Kirkos, Lideta, and Kolfe Kiraneo. This city’s name literally translates to “New Flower” in its nation’s primary language, and is called Finfinne, [FIN-FIN-AY] meaning “natural spring,” in this city’s minority language of (*) Oromo. ​ This city held the most summits of the Organisation of African Unity, and was also the city where the OAU was founded. It’s not Johannesburg, but this city is home to the African Union Commission, the secretariat of the AU. This city, home to the headquarters of its nation’s Orthodox Tewahedo Church, is also home to the Lion of Judah Monument. For 10 points, name this primarily Amharic-speaking capital of Ethiopia. ANSWER: Addis Ababa (accept Finfinne before it is mentioned) ​ ​ ​ ​

6. This film uses the phrases “future wife” and “future husband” instead of “fiance” due to the director’s ​ hatred of the French language. A psychologist is attacked by a character in this film after that psychologist diagnoses that character’s girlfriend as a sociopath. In this film Chris-R threatens (*) Denny ​ over drug debts, and is overpowered by the main character and taken into custody. In this film, a character is revealed to have shaved their beard off while their friends toss a football around in an alleyway while wearing tuxedos. The protagonist of this film buys flowers for their future wife before petting a pug and saying “hi Doggy”. Containing the classic lines “What a story Mark,” “Everybody betrayed me! I’m fed up with this world,” and “You’re tearing me apart Lisa,” for 10 points name this cult classic bad movie directed by Tommy Wiseau. ANSWER: The Room (Do not accept or prompt on The Disaster Artist, do not accept or prompt on just ​ ​ ​ ​ “Room”)

7. The metallic mean of this degree is equal to this number plus the square root of 13 all over 2. Gauss ​ showed that every positive integer can be written as the sum of at most this many triangular numbers. In the Collatz conjecture, the procedure for odd numbers is to multiply them by this number and then add one. A two-dimensional simplex has this many sides. Calculating the (*) torsion of a curve requires ​ ​ ​ calculating derivatives up to this degree. Cardano’s formula can be used to solve equations of this degree. This ​ ​ number is the third Lucas number. This is the lowest degree for which a one-variable polynomial could have an inflection point. For 10 points, how many sides are on each face of a tetrahedron? ANSWER: 3 ​

8. A modern-day team from this city started off as the Buffalo Bisons which quickly then moved to the ​ Quad City region of Illinois with a similar nickname that team has today. Brett Favre played two games for a team in this city before being traded away to Green Bay. Another team from this city lost a World Series deciding game after an Otis Nixon bunt was recovered and tagged out by Mike Timlin. A new stadium in this city, the (*) Mercedes-Benz Stadium, was opened in 2017 and its old stadium later demolished, ​ which saw a viral video where someone trying to film the demolition was blocked by a passing bus. For 10 points, name this city where the the NBA’s Hawks, MLB’s Braves, and NFL’s Falcons play. ANSWER: Atlanta ​

9. A government in this nation was responsible for the Trelew Massacre in Rawson prison. The “Triple ​ A” death squad was active in this country after the Ezeiza massacre, which killed left-wing supporters of a president of this country, including a group known as the Montoneros. Government oppression in this nation was opposed by the (*) Mothers of the Plaza Del Mayo. Significant figures in this nation’s military ​ government were prosecuted in the Trial of the Juntas. Jorge Rafael Videla was convicted for their government’s systematic abduction of children in this nation during their government’s “Dirty War”, where people were dropped out of planes over the Atlantic Ocean. For 10 points, name this nation that was led by Leopoldo Galtieri and lost the Falklands War. ANSWER: Argentina (or Argentine Republic, or República Argentina) ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​

10. A recurring side character on this show is the Shakespearean actor Andy Schroeder, who attempts to ​ strangle one of this show’s female leads. One character in this show is threatened with an unloaded gun by a psychiatrist whose fiance left them at the altar. During the intro to one episode of this show, that psychiatrist’s car alarm was repeatedly set off by an accountant and a (*) mailman. The death of Nicholas ​ Colasanto resulted in this show’s character of Ernie Pantusso, also known as “Coach”, being written out at the end of the third season. The first five seasons of this show largely focused around the romance between Diane Chambers and the former Red Sox pitcher Sam Malone. Frasier was a spinoff of, for 10 points, what show ​ ​ about a bar in Boston “where everybody knows your name.” ANSWER: Cheers ​

11. P!nk co-wrote the song “Recovering” about an event in this artist’s life. This artist’s album Unison ​ ​ includes the moderate hit “Where Does My Heart Beat Now”. This artist rehearsed with a then-unknown Josh Groban at the 1999 GRAMMYs, which led to Groban being invited on The Rosie O’Donnell Show. ​ ​ ​ ​ The theme song from the film Up Close & Personal is a Diane Warren song recorded by this artist. This ​ ​ artist also recorded the pop version of the song “How Does (*) a Moment Last Forever?” from 2017’s Beauty ​ ​ and the Beast. This artist recorded a song whose chorus opens “You were my strength when I was weak”, and ​ another song by this artist opens with a flute, and the lyrics “Every night in my dreams, I see you”. For 10 points, identify this Canadian singer whose biggest hit is the Titanic song “My Heart Will Go On”. ​ ​ ANSWER: Céline Marie Claudette Dion ​

12. Gavaevodata is one of these animals, as is Gugalanna. The Egyptian sky goddess Nut is sometimes ​ depicted as this animal. The details of humanity’s rebellion against Ra, and subsequent punishment, is told in a book named for a heavenly one of these animals. The theft of one of these animals named Surabhi motivates Parashurama to kill millions of people. Enkidu’s death is demanded after they fling the corpse (*) of this animal at Ishtar. A triangular mark on the forehead and scarab marking under the tongue ​ were among the characteristic features of a sacred one of these animals. Nandi and Kamadhenu are these animals from Hindu myth that were herded by Krishna. The Egyptian goddess Hathor was one of these animals, as was the deity Apis. For 10 points identify this animal, whose milk-giving properties make them sacred in Hinduism. ANSWER: cattle (or “cows”, “bulls”, or anything else bovine) ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​

13. Baker clamps are used to induce negative feedback in these devices. Short-channel effects in these ​ devices include Drain-induced barrier lowering. The Sziklai pair and Darlington pair are entities in which two of these devices are combined to be more effective than if they were separately used. The Ebers–Moll model for these devices include a variable with subscript ED, CD, B, C, and E, the last three of which stand for (*) base, collector, and emitter. These devices, which are usually PNP or NPN junctions, can ​ come in bipolar junction or field-effect varieties. Moore’s Law deals with the increased numbers of these things. For 10 points, name these generally 3 pronged circuit elements that can act like amplifiers and switches. ANSWER: transistor ​

14. The X-Box port of this game added a secret level to the first episode simply entitled “Sewers”. Other ​ secret levels featured in the original version of this game include “Warrens” and “Fortress of Mystery.” After its release this game received a fourth episode with levels including “Sever the Wicked” and “Perfect Hatred,” and that fourth episode of this game was titled (*) “Thy Flesh Consumed.” The three ​ original episodes of this game were titled “The Shores of Hell,” “Inferno,” and “Knee-Deep in the Dead.” The Barons of Hell are fought at the Phobos Anomaly, the Spider Mastermind is fought at Dis and the Cyberdemon is fought at the Tower of Babel in this game. For 10 points, name this early first-person shooter created by Id software where a space marine fights Demons on the moons of Mars. ANSWER: DOOM (or Doom 1, The Ultimate Doom, or Doom 1993, do not accept “Doom 2,” “Doom 3,” ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ “Doom 4,” or “Doom 2016”)

15. This phrase was uttered to the teacher John McMurdo by future President John Tyler’s father when ​ Tyler and their fellow students tied McMurdo up. This phrase was on the shirt that Timothy McVeigh was wearing when they were arrested. An old joke states that this phrase actually translates to “Get Your Foot Off My Neck,” in reference to the seal of the State of (*) Virginia. This phrase was famously spoken by ​ a man later killed by Boston Corbett after that man killed someone in Ford’s Theatre. This phrase was also allegedly spoken after a leader was stabbed 23 times on the Ides of March in 44 B.C.E. For 10 points, name this Latin Phrase that was spoken by John Wilkes Booth and Marcus Junius Brutus after their respective assassinations of Abraham Lincoln and Julius Caesar. ANSWER: “Sic Semper Tyrannus” (or “Thus Always to Tyrants”) ​ ​ ​ ​

16. This discipline saw the first Canadian to win a medal in four straight Summer Olympics. In 2016, ​ Jack Laugher and Chris Meares won the first Olympic gold medal for Great Britain in this discipline. At the Seoul Olympics, controversy surrounded an athlete in this discipline who did not disclose of their HIV-positive status until after the event. Performances in this discipline include (*) straight, pike, tuck, and ​ free. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, a hydrogen peroxide spill caused the location of this discipline to turn green. This discipline comes in 3 metre springboard and 10 metre platform variations. For 10 points, name this aquatic discipline where competitors artistically jump from certain heights into the water. ANSWER: diving [prompt on “aquatics”] ​ ​

17. This actor replaced Sarah Michelle Gellar in the prequel to Cruel Intentions. In one film, when a ​ ​ ​ character played by this actor gets married, Debra Messing’s character hires a Dermot Mulroney-played escort to be the titular Wedding Date. In one role, this actor’s character of Brenda Strong is disowned by ​ ​ their parents for having an abortion. This actor employs Frances McDormand’s character in the 2008 film Miss Pettigrew Lives For a Day. This star of (*) Big Eyes received their first Academy Award nomination ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ for Junebug, and four more nominations have since followed, the most recent of which came for the role of ​ ​ Sydney Prosser in a 2013 David O. Russell film. This actor who played Lois Lane in 2017’s Justice League also ​ ​ earned Oscar nominations for The Master and The Fighter. For 10 points, identify this actor who starred in ​ ​ ​ ​ American Hustle and 2016’s Arrival. ​ ​ ​ ANSWER: Amy Lou Adams ​

18. This artist created the King of Kings for a project in Madhya Pradesh. Charles Demuth’s ​ ​ ​ Distinguished Air depicts several people looking at one of this artist’s works. This artist was commissioned ​ by the Maharaja of Indore to create the Temple of Meditation. One work created by this artist greatly ​ ​ resembles a penis, though this artist insisted it was a depiction of Marie Bonaparte. A decapitated head rests on its side in this artist’s (*) Sleeping Muse. A work by this artist found in Targu Jiu is composed of ​ ​ ​ seventeen rhombus-shaped pieces and is titled The Endless Column. This artist used smooth curves to depict the ​ ​ title creature of their most famous work. That work was famously taxed by Customs officials who rejected them as art. For 10 points, identify this Romanian sculptor behind the Bird in Space series. ​ ​ ANSWER: Constantin Brâncuși ​

19. A book of short stories named after this animal was released by Horacio Quiroga, who also founded ​ an “association” named for this animal. In a horror film named after one of these animals, Danny Trejo plays a poacher who kills themself in the prologue, Owen Wilson and Jon Voight both play members of an expedition and are killed by the title animal, and characters played by (*) Ice Cube and Jennifer Lopez ​ survive to the end. In a song titled for one of these animals, a character named Michael rides motorcycles and a resident of Detroit buys the artist Alexander McQueen and is named Troy. That song named after one of these animals samples a line from “Baby Got Back” that claims one of these animals owned by the artist don’t want none unless you got buns hun. For 10 points name this large Amazonian snake that titles a song by Nicki Minaj. ANSWER: Anaconda (or Eunectes) ​ ​ ​ ​

20. Content Warning: Sexual assault In this work, Mutius is killed by their father as they attempt to defend their sister who is running away, and Alarbus is killed in a human sacrifice at the beginning of this work. A character in this work orders a clown to be hanged and another kills a nurse to prevent word of their bastard child from spreading. (*) Bassianus is killed in this play by Demetrius and Chiron during a hunt, and they proceed to rape Lavinia and cut off their hands and cut out their tongue. Aaron is buried up to their neck and left to starve, and Demetrius and Chiron are fed to their mother Tamora in this play. For 10 points name this play about a fictional Roman General, who bakes Demetrius and Chiron into pies, a work of William Shakespeare. ANSWER: The Most Lamentable Roman Tragedy of Titus Andronicus [Or The Most Lamentable Tragedy of ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Titus Andronicus, or The Noble Roman History of Titus Andronicus] ​ ​ ​ ​

Bonuses

1. This protein complex is inhibited by toxins such as cyanide and carbon monoxide which prevents binding of oxygen. For 10 points each: [10] Name this protein complex that is the final step of the human electron transport chain. This protein complex reduces diatomic oxygen to water while pumping protons from the matrix into the intermembrane space. ANSWER: Complex IV [four] [or cytochrome C oxidase] ​ ​ ​ ​ [10] Electrons that are transferred back to the mitochondria matrix help generate this energy currency of the cell. ANSWER: ATP [or adenosine triphosphate] ​ ​ ​ ​ [10] This one of two subunits of the ATP synthase complex includes an alpha and beta subunit hexamer that can exist in open, tight, and closed conformations, which join together ADP and phosphate. ANSWER: F1 [f-1 or f-sub-1] ​ ​

2. This character calls another a stuck-up, half-witted, scruffy-looking nerf herder. For 10 points each: [10] Name this character who witnesses the destruction of their adopted home planet of Alderaan. ANSWER: Princess Leia Organa (or Leia Amidala Skywalker) ​ ​ ​ ​ [10] Princess Leia was played by this actor and mother of Billie Lourd. This actor died on December 27, 2016, after a medical emergency on an airplane. ANSWER: Carrie Frances Fisher ​ [10] Name and Number please. Princess Leia supervised an awards ceremony on this moon after the destruction of the Death Star. The rebel base on this moon was the intended target of the Death Star before it was destroyed. ANSWER: Yavin 4 ​

3. This work describes the return home of a group of mercenaries hired by Cyrus the Younger. For 10 points each: [10] Name this work, where the mercenaries begin their way home after Cyrus is killed at the Battle of Cunaxa. ANSWER: The Anabasis (or The March of the Ten Thousand, or The March Up Country) ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ [10] The Anabasis is a work written by Xenophon, an author born in this modern day nation. A group of city ​ ​ states in this modern day nation fought the Persian Empire at the battle of Thermopylae. ANSWER: Greece (or the Hellenic Republic, or Hellas) ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ [10] In The Anabasis, the mercenaries cry “Thálatta! Thálatta!” when they see this geographical feature from the ​ ​ slopes of Mount Theches. A paper by O. Kimball Armayor questioned whether or not Herodotus ever visited this place. ANSWER: The Black Sea (or Euxeinos Pontos, Euxine Sea, or Mavri Thalassa) ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​

4. Answer some questions about viral internet challenges. For 10 points each: [10] One challenge involving the consumption of a spoonful of this spice was first described online in 2001. The objective of that challenge is to consume the spoonful of this spice in 60 seconds without drinking anything. ANSWER: Cinnamon ​ [10] One 2013 internet challenge involved snorting one of these objects through your nose and coughing it out. A different 2015 challenge involved filling one of these with water and dropping it on your head. ANSWER: A latex Condom ​ [10] The “Running Man Challenge” involved filming yourself performing the namesake dance to this 1996 song. This Ghost Town DJs song was written by Carlton Mahone, Rodney Terry, and Lil Jon. ANSWER: “My Boo” ​ ​

5. This author channeled their feminism and anti-war stance into a poem in which the speaker puts on “the body armour of black rubber”. For 10 points each: [10] Identify this poet of “Diving into the Wreck”. ANSWER: Adrienne Cecile Rich ​ [10] In that poem, Rich describes climbing one of these objects “like an insect”. The speaker goes “rung after rung” down one of these objects that “is always there hanging innocently”. ANSWER: a ladder (synonyms not acceptable) ​ ​ [10] Rich stated that “You must write, and read, as if your life depended on it”, which echoes this earlier poet’s advice in Letters to a Young Poet. This poet ended the sonnet “Archaic Torso of Apollo” with the abrupt ​ ​ command “You must change your life”. ANSWER: Rainer Maria Rilke ​

6. This league expansion’s for the 2017-18 season includes Vanke Rays in Shenzhen, China. For 10 points each: [10] Name this league whose winner receives the Clarkson Cup. This league includes the Toronto Furies, Boston Blades, and Calgary Inferno. ANSWER: CWHL [or Canadian Women’s Hockey League, prompt on partial answer] ​ ​ ​ ​ [10] This city with the most CWHL titles is also the city of the NHL team with the most Stanley Cups. This city’s last Stanley cup wins were in 1986 and 1993. ANSWER: Montreal ​ [10] During one of these games between the Boston Pride of the NWHL and the Montreal Canadiennes of the CWHL, Denna Laing suffered a catastrophic spinal injury. Canada and the United States played one of these games at the 2018 World Junior championships. The NHL Winter Classic is one of these games. ANSWER: outdoor games ​ ​

7. This character opens an aria with the words “Votre toast” and describes their life as a bullfighter. For 10 points each: [10] Name this character who sings the “Toreador” song. Don Jose is driven to murder by their jealousy towards this character. ANSWER: Escamillo ​ [10] This title character of a Georges Bizet opera turns their affections from Don Jose to Escamillo. This character sings the Habanera “Love is Like a Rebellious Bird” ANSWER: Carmen ​ [10] At the beginning of Carmen, this character looks for Don Jose but is told Jose’s shift has not started yet. ​ ​ Later in act 1, this character gives Don Jose a letter from their mother, saying that they should go home to wed this character. ANSWER: Micaela ​

8. In the second 3D Legend of Zelda game, the plot revolves around Skull Kid’s acquisition of one of these ​ ​ objects. For 10 points each: [10] Name this type of object, which Link collects in a game titled for Majora’s one of these objects. ANSWER: A Mask (or Majora’s Mask, or Kamen) ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ [10] DESCRIPTION ACCEPTABLE: In Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask, the mask causes this calamity to ​ ​ befall the land of Termina after three days of in-game time. Link stops this calamity from happening by summoning the Four Giants. ANSWER: The Moon Crashes into Termina (accept obvious equivalents, or any that specify the Moon ​ ​ crashing into Clock Town or “The World” instead of Termina, prompt on “Destruction of Termina,” “Destruction of Clock Town,” “End of the World,” etc.) [10] Link can obtain this powerful mask by trading twenty non-transformation masks to four children inside the Moon. This mask gives Link a double-handed Helix-edged sword and can only be used in Boss Rooms. ANSWER: The Fierce Deity’s Mask (or Kishin no Kamen) ​ ​ ​ ​

9. For ten points each, answer some questions about one of my pet topics. [10] Frege and Peirce invented the predicate form of this field of study which adds quantifiers to a vocabulary that also includes Boolean connectives. Frege tried to reduce arithmetic to this field of study which deals with formal languages. ANSWER: Logic ​ [10] This extension of classical logic introduces the notion of possibility and necessity, which are normally represented by ‘diamonds’ and ‘boxes’. A prominent version of this type of logic was created by Saul Kripke and is called ‘K’. ANSWER: Modal logic ​ ​ [10] Multi-valued logic allows propositions to have more than two possible truth-values and consequently reject this type of argument. In this type of argument one assumes a statement is true and shows that it leads to the title result, therefore concluding that the statement is false. ANSWER: proof by contradiction (accept reductio ad absurdum) ​ ​ ​ ​ ​

10. James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett, and Lars Ulrich were members of this band for every album it released. For 10 points each: [10] Name this band, known for albums such as “Master of Puppets” and “Ride the Lightning.” ANSWER: Metallica ​ [10] Metallica is one of the “Big Four” bands of this Metal subgenre. The other members of this subgenre’s “Big Four” are Anthrax, Megadeth, and Slayer. ANSWER: Thrash Metal ​ ​ [10] This 2003 album by Metallica received polarized reviews, including a 0.8/10 from Pitchfork. This album ​ ​ contained the songs “Frantic,” “The Unnamed Feeling,” and “Some Kind of Monster.” ANSWER: St. Anger ​

11. al-Mahdi Billah established this only major Shia caliphate. For 10 points each: ​ [10] Name this caliphate, which was disestablished in 1171 and named after its founder’s alleged ancestor, the youngest daughter of Muhammed. ANSWER: The Fatimid Caliphate (or al-Fāṭimīyūn ) ​ ​ ​ [10] This city was the Fatimid capital from 973 to 1171. This “City of a Thousand Minarets” is the current capital of Egypt. ANSWER: Cairo (or Al-Qāhirah) ​ ​ ​ ​ [10] This caliph of the Fatimids founded Cairo in 969. This caliph, renowned for their religious tolerance, moved the centre of Fatimid power from North Africa to Egypt. ANSWER: Abu Tamim Maad al-Muizz li-Dinillah (or Al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah) ​ ​ ​ ​

12. The Canadian one of these events is held annually at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve and the last three champions have been Lewis Hamilton. For 10 points each: [10] Name these events that comprise the Formula 1 racing season. The annual one in Monaco is considered to be the most prestigious of these events. ANSWER: Grand Prix ​ [10] The 2017 Monaco Grand Prix was won by this racer from Scuderia Ferrari while their teammate Kimi Räikkönen came second. Other 2017 wins came in Australia, Bahrain, Brazil, and Hungary. ANSWER: Sebastian Vettel ​ [10] This driver is the only person to win the Monaco Grand Prix on two different teams, doing so with Renault in 2006 and McLaren in 2007. ANSWER: Fernando Alonso ​

13. The STO-G ones are “minimal” types of these entities which were first developed by John Pople. For 10 points each: [10] Name these mathematical entities representing atomic orbitals that simplify the results of the Hartree-Fock method or density functional theory. ANSWER: basis set or basis function ​ ​ ​ ​ [10] Linear combinations of basis sets create molecular orbitals which show whether or not these entities can take place between different atoms. Depending on which atom the electron is biased towards, a simple dichotomy of these things classifies them as covalent or ionic. ANSWER: bond ​ [10] Using molecular orbitals allows one to infer the paramagnetic nature of this element’s diatomic form, as it has two unpaired electrons in its 2p pi-star antibonding orbital. ANSWER: oxygen ​

14. This person beat Maxime Bernier in a 2017 Leadership race. For 10 points each: [10] Name this current leader of Canada’s official opposition and leader of the Conservative Party. ANSWER: Andrew James Scheer ​ [10] This fifth-place finisher in the Conservative party leadership election supported a “revenue-neutral” carbon tax. This MP was the only Conservative MP other than Bruce Stanton to support Motion 103’s government issued statement against Islamophobia. ANSWER: Michael David Chong ​ [10] This MP for the riding of Calgary Forest Lawn finished last in the Conservative leadership election. This candidate promised to step down in favour of Peter MacKay if MacKay were to run. ANSWER: Deepak Obhrai ​

15. One absurd rule from this location requires everyone walking up the stairs to walk on the right and everyone coming down to walk on the left. For 10 points each: [10] Name this 30-story tall building. Notable incidents here include misbehaving children being turned into apples and basic arithmetic being done with words, not numbers. ANSWER: Wayside School ​ [10] The Wayside School series was written by this children’s author. Their other works include Small Steps and ​ ​ Holes. ​ ANSWER: Louis Sachar ​ [10] Sachar’s wife Carla was the inspiration for the school counselor in this other novel. This novel features the school bully, Bradley, a boy who cannot smile properly. ANSWER: There’s a Boy in the Girl’s Bathroom ​

16. A family secret on this show is that every member of the Spellman family has an evil twin. For 10 points each: [10] Identify this show, whose title character’s education in magic is supervised by their aunts Hilda and Zelda and the cat Salem Saberhagen. ANSWER: Sabrina the Teenage Witch ​ [10] Sabrina starred this actor as the titular character. They also had the title role in Clarissa Explains it All and ​ ​ ​ ​ more recently starred opposite Jesse Metcalfe in the 2016 film God’s Not Dead 2. ​ ​ ANSWER: Melissa Joan Hart ​ [10] This star of the ‘80s sitcom Punky Brewster appeared as Roxie King on the later seasons of Sabrina the ​ ​ ​ Teenage Witch. They also had a guest appearance on F.R.I.E.N.D.S as a love interest of Joey who punches them ​ ​ ​ a lot. ANSWER: Soleil Moon Frye ​

17. Answer some questions about the miracles of Jesus, for 10 points each: [10] A number of their miracles revolve around these animals. In Matthew 17, Jesus correctly predicts that a coin will be found in the mouth of one of these animals. The multiplication of the food miracle involves loaves of bread and these animals. ANSWER: Fish ​ [10] Two answers required. After their own resurrection, the raising of Lazarus described in the Gospel of John is the best known return from the dead. Lazarus is the brother of these two women, who squabble over the housework in Luke 10. ANSWER: Martha and Mary ​ ​ ​ [10] The first miracle of Jesus is traditionally taken as the transformation of water into wine at this event, which is only narrated in the Gospel of Luke. The miracle prompts guests at this event to remark that the best wine has been served last. ANSWER: Wedding at Cana (answers like “Marriage at Cana” that indicate nuptials are taking place at ​ ​ ​ ​ Cana are fine) ​

18. Rahel and Estha are fraternal twins in this novel. For 10 points each: [10] Identify this novel set in Ayemenem that depicts an extended Christian family in Kerala. Themes of caste, feminism and communism are prevalent in this Booker Prize-winning novel. ANSWER: The God of Small Things ​ [10] The God of Small Things is by Arundhati Roy, an author from this country, also home to Rabindranath ​ ​ Tagore, Kiran Desai and Aravind Adiga. ANSWER: India ​ [10] This spiritual sequel to The God of Small Things was released in 2017. It includes the characters Anjum and ​ ​ Tilo dealing with the events of the twenty-first century, including the anti-Muslim pogrom of 2002. ANSWER: The Ministry of Utmost Happiness ​

19. This is the best-selling album of all time. For 10 points each: [10] Identify this Michael Jackson mega-success, whose title track has a choreographed zombie music video. This album’s singles include “Beat It” and “Billie Jean”. ANSWER: Thriller ​ [10] Thriller was produced by this person, who also produced the Michael Jackson albums Off the Wall and ​ ​ ​ ​ Bad. This person conducted and arranged the Frank Sinatra albums Sinatra at the Sands and It Might as Well Be ​ ​ ​ ​ Swing, and holds the record for the most GRAMMY nominations. ​ ANSWER: Quincy Delight Jones Jr. ​ ​ [10] This single from Thriller was co-written by Steve Porcaro from the band Toto. This much-covered song ​ ​ opens with the lyrics “Looking out, across the nighttime, the city winks a sleepless eye”. ANSWER: “Human Nature” ​ ​

20. Answer some questions about characters named Rooster. For 10 points each: [10] Rooster Hannigan and their girlfriend Lily are the secondary antagonists of this musical. Tim Curry played them in the 1982 movie of this musical, though they were cut out of the 2014 version. ANSWER: Annie ​ [10] John Wayne and Jeff Bridges have both played Rooster Cogburn in this classic Western movie. The most recent adaptation of this movie was directed by the Coen Brothers. ANSWER: True Grit ​ [10] Cogburn teams up with this 14-year-old girl to get justice for their father’s death. Hailee Steinfeld received an Academy Award nomination for playing this character in the 2010 movie. ANSWER: Mattie Ross ​ ​ ​