VETO2005 – Gabriel Desjardins
This packet has four practice tossups, just to work out any bugs in the internet-based buzzer system. 24 tossups are found next, followed by 22 bonuses. The audio files for all 28 tossups accompany this file in MP3 format.
Test Toss-up 1. For a quick ten points – what’s your favorite color?
_BLUE_ (anything else is wrong)
Test Toss-up 2. For a quick ten points – what number am I thinking of?
_SEVEN_
Test Toss-up 3. Which member of the Group of Seven…
Tom _THOMSON_ is not actually a member of the group.
Test Toss-up 4. Since the NHL decided to cancel its season, I’m going to boycott them with my sports questions. The name’s the same: the first was an Ontario-born outfielder who remains in the top five among Canadians in most hitting categories even though he retired 113 years ago. The second was elected to the US House of Representatives in 1952 as a Democrat from Massachusetts and served as Speaker of the House from 1977 until his retirement in 1987. For ten points, what’s the shared name?
_TIP O’NEILL_ T1. It was originally discovered through the Cowan and Raines experiment in 1956. Through the study of Beta Decay in the 1930s, it had already been postulated that a particle with nearly no mass and a neutral charge must exist. For ten points, what is this particle, with three flavors: tau, muon and electron?
_NEUTRINO_
T2. He penned the line “If you can meet with triumph and disaster and treat those two impostors just the same,” which is inscribed over the entrance to center court at Wimbledon. It is found in the poem _If_, which he wrote in 1895 and first published in _Rewards and Fairies_ in 1910. For ten points, who is this author and poet who also wrote “The Ritual of the Calling of an Engineer?”
Rudyard _KIPLING_
T3. He left his wife and brother Bilo behind in Almaty and tried in vain to apply his camel milking expertise in America. In Mississippi, he was shocked to learn that women can vote, while dogs can not. While in Virginia, he nearly incited a riot by butchering the national anthem at a rodeo. For ten points, who is this television reporter, Kazakhstan’s six-most famous man, and also the alter-ego of British comedian Sacha Baron-Cohen, otherwise known as Ali G?
_BORAT_ Sagdiyev
T4. He attended Mount Temple Comprehensive School, where he acquired his nickname, which was the name of a brand of hearing aids. In 1976, he shortened his nickname, and joined a band with the Evans brothers, Larry Mullen and bassist Adam Clayton. For ten points, who is this frontman, born Paul David Hewson in 1960 in Dublin, Ireland?
_BONO_ Vox (prompt on: Hewson)
T5. “Si nous votons non, nous dechirons ces gains historiques pour le Quebec et pour le Canada.” To what historic agreement was the speaker of this quote referring to on September 28, 1992 when he – for 10 points – dramatically tore a sheet of paper in front of a few hundred supporters?
_CHARLOTTETOWN_ Accord (prompt on _MULRONEY_)
T6. This municipal district is approximately 1.8 square kilometers in size and its population peaked at an estimated 89,519 in 1861. Emile Zola’s 1873 novel _Le Ventre de Paris_ revolves around its market, Les Halles. For ten points, what is this Paris district that includes the Tuileries and the Louvre?
_FIRST_ Arrondissement (accept: _PREMIER_) T7. The father was a linebacker with the Toronto Argonauts and Ottawa Rough Riders in the 1970s. The younger brother played tight end at Notre Dame and signed with the Washington Redskins in 2005. The older brother played at the University of Florida and was drafted in the 4th round of the 2001 NFL draft by the New York Giants, but has achieved much more fame for appearing on the reality TV show The Bachelor. For ten points, what’s their shared last name?
_PALMER_
T8. The most common type of this disease is “primary open angle” and frequently has no symptoms. It may be caused by an obstruction of the outflow of aqueous humor from the eye. A second type, “acute-angle closure” is characterized by a significant rise in intraocular pressure. For ten points, what is this disease of the optic nerve?
_GLAUCOMA_
T9. In 2003, Forbes Magazine listed him as the 4th-richest politician in the world, with a fortune earned mostly from his interests in construction companies such as France-based Oger International, which he founded while in Saudi Arabia. He poured funds into his native Lebanon, spearheading the Taif Accord, which ended the Lebanese Civil War, and re-building central Beirut. He also twice served as Prime Minister of Lebanon, from 1992 to 1998 and from 2000 to 2004. For ten points, who was this man who was assassinated in front of the St George Hotel in Beirut on February 14, 2005?
_RAFIK HARIRI_
T10. On June 23, 1896, Wilfrid Laurier was simultaneously elected in a riding encompassing this future city and in his home riding of Quebec East. In 1904, the city was incorporated and named after the son of the Prince of Wales. For ten points, what is this city that was also represented by William Lyon Mackenzie King and John Diefenbaker?
_PRINCE ALBERT_
T11. “Life gets complicated when you love one woman and worship eleven men.” This is a line from his first published book, a 1992 memoir about his support of Arsenal Football Club. His most recent novels include _How to Be Good_ and _A Long Way Down_. For ten points, who is this English novelist best known for his novels-turned- movies, _High Fidelity_ and _About a Boy_?
Nick _HORNBY_
T12. This area is famous for the annual migration of Wildebeests and Gazelles across it. Every October, millions of these and other herbivores cross the Mara River and travel towards its southern plains in one half of what is commonly known as the “circular migration.” For ten points, what is this 30,000 square kilometer region of grasslands and woodlands shared between Tanzania and Kenya?
_SERENGETI_
T13. It is often used in mountainous regions or for industrial purposes where the worldwide standard of four feet, eight and a half inches would be too costly. Trucking has made it largely obsolete, and Canada’s only such system, in Newfoundland, was abandoned in 1988. Only South Africa retains a national railway based on it. For ten points, what is this term that refers to a railway track width typically of 42 inches or less?
_NARROW-GAUGE_
T14. A moderate Sikh, he was attacked with a lead pipe in the parking lot of his law office in 1985, and his constituency office was fire-bombed in 1999. He was first elected to Parliament from Vancouver South as a Liberal in 2004, despite being British Columbia’s NDP premier in 2000 and 2001. For ten points, who is this man, currently Canada’s Health Minister, and also the “other” voice on the Gurmant Grewal tapes?
Ujjal _DOSANJH_
T15. Swimming pools are more dangerous than handguns. Drug dealers tend to live with their mothers. Hiring more police officers reduces crime – and so does abortion. For ten points, these seemingly astounding conclusions are the result of “rogue” economist Steven Levitt’s research, and are compiled in which 2005 book whose title is a play on the word economics itself?
_FREAKONOMICS_ (prompt on: Levitt)
T16. Of Canada’s first eight Prime Ministers, only Alexander Mackenzie refused it. The Nickle Resolution of 1919 ended the tradition of bestowing this honour upon them. For ten points, what is this titular distinction since then received only during the term of R.B. Bennett by, among others, Frederick Banting?
_KNIGHTHOOD_ or _SIR_
T17. For some adherents, it is followed by Annakut, which marks the beginning of a new year. It is held on a new moon day, which is also the final day of the Vikram calendar. For ten points, what is this festival of lights that originally marked the return of King Rama from a war in which he killed the demon Ravana and is now celebrated by Hindus throughout the world, typically in October or November?
_DIWALI_ (accept: DIPAVILI)
T18. Large deposits of this mineral are found in Kiruna, Sweden and in the Adirondack Mountains. It is the mineral form of Iron (II) Oxide and Iron (III) Oxide and is black or grayish in color with a hardness of approximately 6 on the Mohs Scale. For ten points, what is this mineral that is often referred to as Lodestone?
_MAGNETITE_
T19. He was elected to the Ontario Legislature in 1937 and then to Parliament in 1949 from the Toronto riding of Trinity. Before embarking on his career in politics, he played 12 years in the NHL and played on the Toronto Argonauts 1921 Grey Cup-winning team. For ten points, who was this man who went 27-0 as a professional wrestler, fought Jack Dempsey and was voted Canada’s athlete of the first half century in 1950?
_LIONEL CONACHER_
T20. In 1848, its namesake owner cut this street through his Bytown property from Biddy’s Lane to Bank Street. Among the many buildings now located on this street are the National Press Club and the Bank of Canada. For ten points, what is this Ottawa street that was the site of Thomas D’Arcy McGee’s assassination in 1868?
_SPARKS_ Street
T21. In 1986, Senator Jacques Hebert went on a 22-day hunger strike to protest the Mulroney government’s cancellation of a program he helped found in 1977. Its name literally means ‘meeting place’, and counts Justin Trudeau among its major public proponents. For ten points, what is this youth volunteer program that shuttles participants around Canada and pays three dollars per day?
_KATIMAVIK_
T22. The name’s the same. One received the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physiology for his work in separating the corpus callosum in the treatment of Epilepsy. The other was originally founded as a gyroscope company in 1910, entered the computer business by acquiring Remington Rand in 1955, and eventually merged with Burroughs Corporation in 1986 to form Unisys. For 10 points, what’s the shared name?
_SPERRY_
T23. It is a relatively rapid increase in the population of phytoplankton in an aquatic system, and is a naturally occurring form of algal bloom. It is caused by a species of dinoflagellates, which discolor water when present on the order of millions of cells per milliliter. For ten points, what is the common term for this phenomenon that rendered bivalves unsafe for human consumption and caused Massachusetts to declare a state of emergency in June 2005?
_RED TIDE_ T24. It was invented by North Bay Parks and Recreation employee Sam Jacks in 1963, but has since spread to many countries in the northern hemisphere. The first world championships were held in 1990 with six Canadian teams as well as the US and Finnish national teams competing. For ten points, what is this sport, played exclusively by women, which resembles hockey, but substitutes a rubber ring for a puck?
_RINGETTE_ B1. Answer these questions about Maxwell’s equations.
This law gives the relation between the electric flux flowing out of a closed surface and the charge enclosed in it.
_GAUSS_’s law
This law gives the relation between the rate of change of magnetic flux through the area of a closed loop and the electric field induced along the loop.
_FARADAY_’s law of induction
It is the magnetic equivalent of Gauss’s law.
_AMPERE_’s law
B2. Answer these questions about early English novels, 10 points apiece.
It is likely that this 1719 novel was inspired by the story of Alexander Selkirk, who spent four years on an uninhabited island off the coast of Chile.
_ROBINSON CRUSOE_
This 1740 novel is the story of a maid who, through chastity, wins the heart of her master and becomes his wife.
_PAMELA_
This 1749 novel is seen as a response to _Pamela_ - in it, a seeming orphan reforms his life and discovers he is an aristocrat.
_TOM JONES_
B3. Name these Conservative Party leaders, ten points apiece.
From December 2003 until March 2004, he served as the first leader of the Conservative Party of Canada.
John _LYNCH-STAUNTON_
He was the last leader of the old Conservative Party, before it changed its name in 1942. He was also the only leader to serve two non-consecutive terms.
Arthur _MEIGHEN_ He was the first leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, making his leadership contingent on the name change.
John _BRACKEN_
B4. Answer these questions about time zones for the stated number of points.
Five points. He is generally credited with first proposing worldwide time zones, in 1876.
Sir Sandford _FLEMING_
Ten points. Eager to do Newfoundland one better, parts of this Australian state are 8 hours and 45 minutes ahead of Greenwich Mean Time.
_WESTERN_ Australia
Fifteen points. Parts of this Pacific island nation, which includes Christmas Island, switched sides of the International Date Line by skipping December 31, 1994.
_KIRIBATI_ (pronounced: KIRIBASH)
B5. Name these components of the Iranian government, 10 points apiece.
This group meets for one week each year and consists of 86 “virtuous and learned” clerics elected by the public to 8-year terms. This group elects and reconfirms the Supreme Leader.
The _ASSEMBLY OF EXPERTS_
Twelve jurists comprise this group which interprets the constitution and determines if laws passed by parliament are consistent with Sharia law.
The _COUNCIL OF GUARDIANS_
This group was created by the Ayatollah Khomeini in 1988 to mediate disputes between Parliament and the Council of Guardians. It also currently serves as an advisory body to the Supreme Leader.
The _EXPEDIENCY COUNCIL_
B6. 30-20-10 Name the musician.
30. After dropping out of Stuyvesant High School in New York, he is believed to be the pianist on Jerry Newman’s 1941 recordings at Minton’s Playhouse. 20. He made his first studio recordings in 1944 with the Coleman Hawkins Quartet. Between 1947 and 1952, he recorded The Genius of Modern Music: Volumes 1 and 2.
10. He appeared on the cover of the February 28, 1964 issue of Time Magazine, entitled Jazz: Bebop and Beyond.
Thelonious _MONK_
B7. Name these athletes named Nash for the stated number of points.
5 points. This Columbus Blue Jackets forward was drafted first overall in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft.
_RICK_ Nash
10 points. He is Steve Nash’s younger brother, and plays professional soccer for the Vancouver Whitecaps. He has 30 international caps.
_MARTIN_ Nash
15 points. Between 1965 and 1970, this three-time All-American University of Kentucky graduate played in the NBA and ABA and also played Major League Baseball.
“_COTTON_” Nash
B8. Answer these questions about Winnie the Pooh and friends for the stated number of points.
5 points. Captain Harry Colebourn purchased the bear in 1914 and named him after what city?
_WINNIPEG_
10 points. Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, Eeyore, Owl, Christopher Robin, Rabbit, Kanga and Roo Lakes are all located in Maria Township in which province?
_ONTARIO_
5 points. The world championships of this game originated by Winnie himself take place in Oxfordshire each year.
_POOHSTICKS_
10 points. In 1977, Disney released _The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh_, which included which new rodent character, unique to North America? _GOPHER_
B9. Answer these questions about organic compounds, 10 points apiece.
In organic chemistry, this is the name given to any atom that is neither hydrogen nor oxygen.
_HETEROATOM_
This general name is given to compounds that do not contain aromatic systems.
_ALIPHATIC_
In the plural, this name refers to the entire group of hydrocarbons that contain at least one triple bond between carbon atoms. Singularly, it refers to the simplest member of the series, also known as Ethyne.
_ACETYLENE_(s)
B10. Answer these questions about Toronto mayors, 10 points apiece.
He was Toronto’s longest-serving mayor, from 1980-1991.
Art _EGGLETON_
He resigned as mayor in 1978 to serve as Joe Clark’s Health Minister.
David _CROMBIE_
Elected in 1955, he was the first non-Protestant Mayor of Toronto.
Nathan _PHILLIPS_
B11. Name these districts in and around Shanghai, 10 points apiece.
Its name literally means “east of the Huangpu” (HWONG-POO), and it is located east of the Huangpu River.
_PUDONG_
This name refers to the row of European colonial buildings facing the Huangpu River and Pudong. These buildings include the Peace Hotel and the Customs House.
The _BUND_ (I suppose you could accept: WAI-TAN) This concession was founded in Southwest Shanghai in 1849 – it was the third such area designed to be under foreign government.
The _FRENCH_ Concession
B12. Answer these questions about Iraqi politics for the stated number of points.
5 points. He served as Prime Minister of Iraq from June 1, 2004 until April 7, 2005.
Iyad _ALLAWI_
10 points. This leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan became President of Iraq in 2005.
Jalal _TALABANI_
15 points. He was acclaimed as the new Prime Minister in 2005.
Ibrahim Al-_JAAFARI_
B13. Answer these questions about railway completions for the stated number of points.
Five points. The so-called “Golden Spike,” which linked the Central Pacific and Unon Pacific railroads in 1869 was hammered by which former Governor of California?
Leland _STANFORD_
15 points for the town or 5 points for the state. Where was the “Golden Spike” hammered into the ground?
_PROMONTORY_, _UTAH_
10 points. The Canadian “last spike” was made of iron instead of gold, and was driven into the ground in 1885 by what man?
_DONALD SMITH_ (accept: _LORD STRATHCONA_)
B14. Identify these Pennsylvania athletes – 10 points apiece.
He was born in Indian Territory, but attended Carlisle Indian School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania – he played professional baseball and football and won two Olympic Gold Medals.
Jim _THORPE_ He was born in Donora, Pennsylvania, and was chosen 1st overall in the 1987 Major League Baseball draft out of Moeller High School in Cincinnati.
Ken _GRIFFEY JR_
He was born in Philadelphia and graduated from Lower Merion High School. He was drafted in 1996 by the Charlotte Hornets, but was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers for Vlade Divac.
Kobe _BRYANT_
B15. Answer these questions about semiconductors, 10 points apiece.
This type of semiconductor is doped to contain excess electrons.
_N_ Type
This type of diode consists of a large neutrally-doped intrinsic region sandwiched between p-doped and n-doped semiconducting regions.
_PIN_ diode (also accept: p-type intrinsic n-type)
This bipolar transistor configuration multiplies current gain by connecting the emitter of one devices to the base of the other device.
_DARLINGTON_
B16. 30-20-10 Name the author.
30. He was the first author to be awarded the Booker Prize twice.
20. He did not appear on either occasion to collect the prizes, which were awarded for his 1983 book _The Life and Times of Michael K_ and his 1999 book _Disgrace_.
10. He was awarded the 2003 Nobel Prize in Literature, only the 4th African author to receive the honour.
J.M. _COETZEE_
B17. Answer these questions about control theory, 10 points apiece.
Oliver Heaviside lent his name to which discontinuous function?
Unit _STEP_ function
The step function is the integral of this function introduction by Physicist Paul Dirac. _DELTA_ function or Unit _IMPULSE_ function
The Wiener-Khinchin Theorem relates this function to power spectral density via the Fourier Transform.
_AUTOCORRELATION_
B18. Answer these questions related to the Devil’s Lake Diversion, 10 points apiece.
The state of North Dakota is diverting a stagnant lake into the Sheyenne River, which ultimately empties into which river that flows through Fargo, North Dakota and empties into Lake Winnipeg.
_RED_ River
This Manitoba MP called North Dakota “North Korea” and said “let the bastards freeze in the dark.”
Pat _MARTIN_
Not to be outdone, this Manitoba MP told the House of Commons that the Devils Lake diversion is “an abomination that goes against God's wishes.”
Bill _BLAIKIE_
B19. Answer these questions about Canadian religions, 10 points apiece.
It is Canada’s largest religion, claimed by 43 percent of the population.
_CATHOLICISM_
It was formed in 1925 by the merger of the Canadian Presbyterian, Methodist and Congregationalist Churches, among others.
_UNITED_ Church of Canada
Thanks to a campaign by Vancouverite Denis Dion, more than 20,000 people listed this as their religion in the 2001 census.
_JEDI_
B20. Name the concert or band for the stated number of points. 5 points. A series of concerts taking place organized by Bob Geldof in the G-8 nations prior to the 2005 G-8 summit aimed at pressuring world leaders to drop the debt of the world’s poorest nations.
_LIVE 8_
10 points. This group was founded in 1984, also by Geldof, to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia. They recorded the single _Do They Know It’s Christmas_
_BAND AID_
15 points. This concert took place October 9, 1999 in New York, Geneva and London and was webcast throughout the world. It was organized by the United Nations Development Program and Cisco Systems.
_NET AID_
B21. Answer these questions about Irish sports for 10 points apiece.
This game is played 15-a-side on a field 150 meters long and typically 80-90 meters wide. It is played with a round ball that is slightly heavier than a soccer ball. A player may not carry the ball more than four steps without bouncing it or kicking it to themselves, which is known as soloing.
Gaelic _FOOTBALL_
This 15-a-side game is similar to field hockey, and involves striking a small ball known as a sliotar with a wooden stick.
_HURLING_
Also known as “Iomain”, this sport was brought to Scotland by Irish settlers and resembles Hurling. It is played 12-a-side and the object of the game is to play a ball into a goal using a bladeless stick known as a caman.
_SHINTY_ (do not accept: SHINNY)
B22. Answer these questions about same-sex marriage for the stated number of points.
5 points apiece. As of June 28, 2005, same-sex marriages are performed legally throughout these three countries.
_BELGIUM_, _NETHERLANDS_, _SPAIN_
5 points. This is the only US state to recognize same-sex marriages. _MASSACHUSETTS_
10 points. In 1993, this state’s courts were the first to rule that the Equal Protection Clause entitled same-sex couples to the same rights as married opposite-sex couples.
_HAWAII_