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This Tournament Goes To Eleven III: Smell The Glove Hosted by the University of Iowa, October 12-13, 2001 Tavola Italia (by Signor Michelangelo della Witrino [Iowa])
1. He came to the United States in 1914, when he was only 17. His brother worked as a waiter at New York's Plaza Hotel, and found him a job as a chef. Later, he moved to Cleveland, where his pasta sauce became enormously popular, and he began to put it in jars and sell it for consumption at home in 1929. He sponsored numerous scholarships for students of culinary arts, .and yes, that is his picture on the label. FfP, name this chef whose name has become nearly synonymous with canned spaghetti and meatballs.
Hector Boiardi (pronounced Boyardee)
2. Practically nothing is known of the first twenty-two years of his life. His massive figures and spare composition were probably influenced by Giotto, but the gestural and emotional expression in his rendering of the human body are closer in spirit to Donatello. After moving to Rome at age 27, he died so suddenly that some suspected he had been poisoned. His nickname meant "Pigpen". FfP, name this painter of _The Tribute Money_ and _The Expulsion from Paradise_ at Florence's Brancacci Chapel.
Masaccio or Tommaso di ser Giovanni di Malle
3. The Socialist Party broke up. The Clu·istian Democrats, who had dominated the Italian political scene with the Socialists since the war, then split into two parties that would align themselves to left and right coalitions. Of the hundreds investigated, around 25 leading businessmen, politicians and their associates committed suicide during the period before their an·est or during their detention for questioning. The most notable casualty was former Socialist Prime Minister Bettino Craxi. FfP, nilme this series of cataclysmic scandals that struck Italy in 1992, with a name meaning "Bribe City".
Tallgell/opoli (accept _Bribe City_ before FfP)
4. The cripple and the blind man are none too happy about having been cured by Christ's miracles, since they'll now have to work for a living. Ajester flirts with the Grim Reaper, who has come for Christ, eating his Last Supper in the next room. A drunken priest, who narrates the maniage at Cana, sermonizes about how wine is the creation not of the devil but of God. Clu·ist's miracles, tribulations and agonies take place just off stage and we see the events through the eyes of the common people: workers, passersby, witnesses and random onlookers. FfP, name this most famous play of Dario Fo.
Mis/ero Buffo
5. It is the prototype for the neurotrophin family of polypeptides which are essential in the developments and survival of certain sympathetic and sensory neurons in both the central and peripheral nervous systems. A homologous tissue, the submaxillary gland of adult male mice, has become the preferred source of it, but other unusually large concentrations are found in the guinea pig prostate gland and in bovine seminal plasma. It was discovered when mouse sarcoma tissue transplants in chicken embryos caused an increase in the size of spinal ganglia. FfP, name this protein, the discovery of which earned Stanley Cohen and Rita Levi-Montalcini the 1986 Nobel Prize in Medicine.
Nerve GrolV/h FaclOr or NGF
6. Born in Florence, he entered the seminary at an early age, but he found politics more interesting. At the age of 22, he took to journalism to work for Italian independence. In 1848 he founded the satirical journal "II Lampione", which was suppressed in 1849. His next periodical, "La Scaramuccia", was more fortunate, and in 1860 he revived "II Lampione" again. After Italian unification, he gave up journalism and went to work translating the fairy tales of Charles Perrault - and writing one of his own. FfP, name this author of "Pinocchio".
Carlo Collodi or Carlo Lorellzini
7. Dante composed part of the "Divine Comedy" here, where he heard the story of Paolo and Francesca. Borges chose it as the setting for his Longobard wan·Jor Droctulft who changed sides to defend the town after seeing how beautiful it was. The Gothic king Theodoric built his capital here, and some of his churches still stand. It was conquered by the Byzantines around 540 AD, and the Byzantines left a series of exarchs in control, turning it into the Western version of Constantinople. FfP, name this northeast Italian city, home of the last Roman Emperors before the fall of the West.
Ravenlla
8. As an associate of the Crusca, he aided in preparing its important Vocabolario. He taught in the Studio at Florence in 1666, and was one of the first members of the Arcadia. His "Bacco in Toscana" is one of the best works of the seventeenth century. However, he is better known, for his work with rotting meat. FfP, name this Florentine scientist, who showed that meat sealed in a jar did not produce maggots as it rotted, a blow against spontaneous generation.
Francesco Redi
9. It is four feet long and sealed at one end with mercury. Place one's finger over the opening, invert the tube in a bowl of mercury with the sealed end up and measure the resulting height of the column. The mercury will fall to about 30 inches in height and an empty space or vacuum will be created in the top of the tube. If the weight of the column or pressure it exerted on the surface of the mercury were to increase the height of the column of mercury should also increase and vice versa. FfP, name this "tube", named for Galileo's most trusted assistant.
Torricelli tube
10. His father was Gordianus, a wealthy patrician. He was thought to be among the best in all Rome at grammar, rhetoric, and logic, and served for several years as the abbot of St. Andrew's monastery. His orders as Pope included "Liber pastoral is curae", which instructed bishops to act as physicians of souls, and regarded that while it was tolerable for emperors to interfere in church matters, the Church should not interfere in purely imperial matters. FfP, name this pope from 590 to 604 AD, known as "the Great".
St. Gregory I
11 . The first movement takes place atop the Spanish steps, with a grand view of the city; it is meant to suggest a group of rowdy boys playing soldiers. The second movement is full of memories of ancient Christians who gathered in catacombs to pray in secret. The third movement is atop one of the Seven Hills, where ancient palaces lay, and the fourth movement suggests the approach of Roman legions. FfP, name this 1924 symphonic poem by Ottorino Respighi, about some of the Eternal City's trees.
The Pilles of Rome or I Pilli di Roma
12. When his city experienced a newspaper strike, he took to the airwaves to read the comic pages to the city's children. His first term in Congress only lasted from 1917 to 1919, but he came back in 1923 and held the seat until 1933, when he left the Republicans and ran for mayor under the Fusion ticket. FfP, name this former Italian-American mayor of New York City, namesake of one of the city's airports.
Fiorello LaGuardia
13. The speaker is the Duke of FelTara, busy negotiating an alliance. On a visit to his art collection, he points out a portrait of his wife, which is hidden behind a curtain. She was a lovely woman, but, as he points out, she was rather silly and immature, and had no respect for his great name, and it was a real shame that she died so young - a not-so-subtle bit of advice for his new bride. FfP, name this poetic dramatic monologue by Robert Browning.
My Last Duchess
14. He has served as an umpire in tennis matches and a boxing referee, golfed professionally, worked as a demolition expert, flown airplanes and piloted submarines. He has been known to fly under his own power, turn into a statue, hurl flaming projectiles, smash bricks with his head, and ride a dinosaur. A fearless rescuer of helpless females, he is, FfP, what Nintendo company mascot?
Mario
15. Although some scholars claim she never existed, others say she was a lady of Avignon and a mother of eleven who died from the Black Death. All that is definitely known of her is what the poet tells us: namely, he saw her in the church of St. Claire in Avignon on April 6, 1327, and the sight of her inspired him to write - as did her death, twenty years to that day. FTP, name this legendary beloved of Petrarch.
Laura
16. It is a Greek cross, with a central dome and a dome over each arm. The west front's five portals open on the Piazza. Reconstructed in the late 11 th century, it underwent successive renovations throughout the next three centuries, reflecting Byzantine influence and eventually receiving a Gothic fa<;:ade . Its most notable features are four bronze horses, probably taken from a Roman triumphal arch. FfP, name this cathedral of Venice.
St. Mark's Cathedral or Sail Marco 17. The highlight of one of his state visits to France was a discovery he made when a French lady in waiting tumbled over. He was delighted to see that her "gates of heaven were always open", i.e. she was not wearing underpants. His more family-friendly accomplishments included recovering the territory lost by Sardinia to Napoleon. Eventually, a revolution broke out over his reactionary politics, and he abdicated. FrP, name this king of Sardinia from 1802 to 1821,. namesake of a later, better remembered Italian king.
Victor Emmanllell
18. Sounds like a good murder mystery in premise, doesn't it? The Book of Revelation is coming to life in a Benedictine monastery! The monk sent in to investigate butts heads with Jorge, a blind monk who adheres strictly to doctrine and is zealously anti-heretic. Only one problem - the author of the book has a long history of analyzing modem literature from a semiotic standpoint, so you know this isn't just intrigue - it's philosophy. FrP name this 1980 work by Umberto Eco, a meditation on the meaning of truth.
The Name of the Rose
19. He sought certain values in sculpture: "the style of movement" and "sculpture as environment". He demanded an "absolute and complete abolition of definite lines and closed sculpture". His reputation was made by his 1912 works, such as _Fusion of a Head and a Window_ and _Development of a Bottle in Space_. However, being killed in World War I sh0!1ened his career. FrP, name this sculptor of _Unique Forms of Continuity in Space_, the leading artist of the Futurist movement.
Umberto Boccioni
20. He was never ordained a priest, which means it would be OK if he had secretly married Anne of Austria, as was rumored. He followed the threefold path of trying to decrease the power of the Protestants, the nobility, and the Austrians, and did so through subtle intrigue. While he managed to secure favorable terms in the Peace of Westphalia, his anti-nobility efforts sparked the Fronde revolt. FrP, name this Italian Cardinal, the chief minister of the young Louis XIV.
Cardinal Jules Mazarin or Giulio Mazarini
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21. Winners have included Wilhelm Ostwald, Walther Nemst, Irving Langmuir, Paul Karrer, Leopold Ruzicka, J. H. Nonlu-op, Nikolai Semenov, Melvin Calvin, George Porter, Luis Federico Leloir, Vladimir Prelog, Paul Berg, Kenichi Fukui, Herbert Hauptmann, and Dudley Herschbach. FrP, name this Nobel Prize category in which no Italian has ever won, but Fritz Haber has.
Chemistry
1. Of all the countries out there, Italy got stuck trying to colonize Ethiopia. Identify the following concerning Italo-Ethiopian wars FrPE.
The "Lion of Africa", he initially allied with the Italians, but when Italy kept violating the treaty of alliance, he led the Ethiopians into war in 1895.
Mellelik II
At this battle of March I, I 895.Jri Ethiopian army of 196,000, many armed with Ame!ican !ifles, annihilated an Italian army of 25,000, who were ill-equipped and had lousy maps. It was the biggest defeat inflicted on a European power by an African power since the Punic Wars.
AdolVa
Italy finally managed to conquer Ethiopia, using poison gas and airplanes, under Mu§Solini. This Ethiopian king's pleas to the League of Nations, like most pleas to the League of Nations, went unheeded. v
Halie Selassie
2. The Italians themselves use "Italian" as an adjective, meaning backwards, corrupt, and crime-ridden. Given information, identify the organized crime branches FrSNOP. 5: Meaning "our thing", this Sicilian gang goes back hundreds of years and was founded to offer protection to the common people of that country from police, bandits and government agencies. It expanded to the United States in the 1920s.
La Cosa Nostra
For 10: Bosses of crime in Puglia, and given a moniker meaning "United Sacred Crown", tllis cartel made its first appearance in the 1980s. They are most notable for smuggling Albanians out of Albania.
Sacra Corolla Ullita
For 15: They were imported from Spain when Spain conquered Naples in the 16th century. Unlike other organized crime groups, they were primarily urban, and often used the Church as a cover.
Camorra
3. Arlington Heights, Illinois, is home to the National Italian-American Sports Hall of Fame. Name these members from achievements FTPE.
All-American tight end at Notre Dame, two-time All-Pro and two-time Super Bowl champion with the New York Giants.
Won 7 medals in 1988 Olympics, including 5 gold, two in individual swim events and 3 in relay, donated his medals to the NIASHoF.
3 American Cups, host of "Flip Flop Shop", only American woman to win the Olympic gold in Women's All-Around gymnastics.
4. Titian lived to be ninety-nine, so it's not surprising that he has an absolute pile of notable works. Identify some of them FTPE.
A woman reclines on a bed, looking impassively at a cloud that is descending upon her. A man next to her looks very wOITied.
_Danae_ and the Shower of Gold
A woman, this time holding on to a cow, seems to be struggling away from the winged cherubs that are coDling after her from the left side of the canvas.
_Rape of Europa_
According to "Saturday Night Live" art critic E. Buzz Miller, "I don't think anybody can deny this is a very nice painting of a7boad on a couch".
_Venus of Urbino_
5. Firmly convinced that it was one of Europe's great powers, Italy entered World War I on the side of the Allies in 1915. Identify the following concerning Italy's war FI5PE.
The premier of Italy since March 1914, he put down socialist and anarchist riots in May of that year, and concluded that Italy's alliance with Austria-Hungary and Germany had nothing to do with the current situation. Later, he led the Italians into the war on the Allied side, but resigned in 1916.
Antonio Salalldra
A fine example of the stalemate on the front was this river, just east of the Austro-Italian border. Eleven battles were fought here between 1915 and 1917, most resulting in small Italian gains, until the Battle of Caporetto pushed the Italians back into their own country. 6. Italy has brought back Silvio Berlusconi to kick around some more. Answer these questions about Berlusconi FTPE.
From what city does he hail?
What political party does he head?
]orza Italia_
What soccer team does he own? /'
7. Many Italian companies are known for luxury cars, which is unusual, considering how much of the country still doesn't have paved roads. Name these Italian car makers FTPE.
Originally a tractor company, it produced its first cars in the 1960s and is now owned by Audi. Models include the Countach and the Diablo. ,__ / /
_Lamborghini_
Producing cars since 1899 - and fighter planes during the war - this Turin-based company offers the Tempra, the Palio Weekend, and the Marea Bipower, which can run on gasoline oH!ri methane.
Formerly a division of Alfa Romeo, and now mostly owned by Fiat, this Modena company has produced the GTS TW'bo and the Testarossa. ~ '
_Ferrari_
8. Being a scholar in medieval Italy usually meant at least one visit from the Inquisition. Given a description of a man called in by Rome to defend his beliefs, name him FTSNOP.
For 5: He changed his mind about Copernju s' ~iew of the universe after seeing the Inquisition's torture instruments. And he probably didn't say "Eppur si muove')/Nevertheless, it moves") on his way out.
_Galileo_ Galilei /
For 10: When he examined the Donation of Constantine and det ned it was a fake, the Pope called him to Rome. Fortunately for him, his patron, the King of Sicily, refused to allow him to be extradited.
Lorenzo _ Valla_
For 15: Another Copernican, he was tried and burnt at the stake, and was often invoked as -a martyr. However, he wasn't indicted for Copernicanism, he was indicted for his disbelief in the Holy Trinity./
Giordano _Bruno_
9. Name the author from works, 30/20110/5.
30: "Mandragola". 20: "Discourses on Livy". 10: "The Art of War". 5: "The Prince".
Niccolo _Machiavelli_
10. Name these Renaissance composers FTSNOP. For 5: A native Roman who composed almost entirely for the Church, he wrote masses, motets, and hymns in polyphonic stlUcture. One of the most important pre-Bach composers, his works include _Missa Papae Marcelli_ and _Song of Songs_.
Giovanni Pierluigi da _Palestrina_
For 10: Fitting into both the Renaissance and the Baroque category, he wrote S~~WOrld'S ±irst extremely succ~sSful operas. His masterpieces are _Orfeo_ and _L'Incoronazione di Poppaea_. ./'
Claudio _Monteverdi_
For 15: A prince of Venosa, he was more famous in his day for murdering his wife and getting away scot-free. His madrigals, including "Moro, lasso, al mio duolo", and "Ahi, disperata vita", are full of sudden changes of tonality and intense feeling, and he is sometimes called pre-Wagnerian.
Don Carlo _Gesualdo_
II. Florence was absolutely awash in Medicis. Given a statement, identify which Medici it describes FFPE with a bonus for all 5.
A renowned military commander, known as th/Ck Band".
_Giovanni_
Was Pope Clement VII.
Called "Pater Patriae", or "Father of the Country".
Patron of Leonardo da Vinci.
Nicknamed "II Magnifico".
12. Given the objects on it named for notable Italians, name the celestial body FTPE.
Craters Antoniadi, Marconi, and Julius Caes~
_Moon_ (accept equivalents)
Craters Giotto, Michelangelo, and Raphael.
Craters Cassini and Antoniadi.
13. The Bernoullis were Swiss citizens, but they spoke Italian and clearly had a sense of familismo, so we'll let them in . Given accomplishments, identify the Bernoulli FTPE.
Famous for his work on integral and exponential calculus, he founded the calculus of variations.
_Johann_ or _Jean_ or _John_ or _Giovanni_
Brother of Giovanni, his "Ars conjectandi" contributed greatly to probability theory. / '
_Jakob_ or _Jacques_ or _James_ / Son of Jakob, he is the guy for whom Bernoulli's principle is named.
14. Aeneas did a whole lot of really wild and exciting stuff, probably because an epic full of Aeneas sitting around on his boat. Identify these figures from the Aeneas FrSNOP.
For 5: The queen of Carthage who falls in loyvith Aeneas, but who gets dumped, lest she get in the way of his destiny. The poor lass goes and cremates herself. ~
_Dido_
Fm 10, A'",~' fruh", who g'" '~TWY on A,",,,'b"k, only to di, upon th,i, mTiv~ in Sidly.
_Anchises_
For 15: A prince who is betrothed to Lavinia, he is understandably upset when Latinus romises her to Aeneas. He takes out his aggression by going to war with the Trojan refugees, and, naturally, losing.
15. Italy has been home to some great directors, like Fellini, Antonini, and Leone. But more importantly, it was home to a legion of sword-and-sandal epics featuring your hero and mine, Hercules. Answer these Herc-related questions FrPE.
The best-known Hercules is this Mr. Universe 1950, who played Hercules in "Hercules" in 1957, and came back for "Hercules Unchained".
Reeves was not around for this film, in which the role was filled by Alan Steel. Hercules must stop evil space invaders and the collaborationist Queen Samara from conquering Earth. Which he does, hurling many a boulder in the process.
_Hercules vs. the Moon Men_
In a 1987 Saturday Night Live skit entitled "II Returno de Hercules", this actor played a Hercules, who, "though still quite strong for a man his age, he was no longer the Hercules of old." Says Herc: "I've learned, to my sorrow, that if you stop exercising, the muscle turns to fat."
16. If it weren't for Guglielmo Marconi, radio would have been invented by somebody else. Here are some Marconi-related questions. Answer them FrPE.
Marconi split the 1909 Physics Nobel Prize with which German, who also worked on radio transmission and who invented the oscilloscope?
The radio was an adaptation of what device, which Braun adapted into the oscilloscope and would eventually lead to television?
According to the Starship song "We Built This City", what dance does Marconi play?
17. How do you say "Bard" in Italian? FrSNOP identify the following characters created or modified by Dante.
FFP: He is Dante's guide through Hell and Purgatory; having died a heathen, he can't enter Paradise.
Virgil .'J , • : ~
FrP: Because she has been touched by grace, she knows more than Virgil, and thus continues the tour into Heaven.
Beatrice
FI5P: Beatrice was an idealized love from Dante's childhood, and it is his pure love for her that ties together the sonnets and prose commentaries in this autobiographical work from 1293.
La vita Iluova or The New Life
18. It is unlikely that Chaucer had access to tlus work, but there are eerie similarities between his Canterbury Tales and FFP this author's Decameron.
Giovanni Bocaccio
Answer the following about the Decarneron:
Bemabo wagers that his wife will remain faithful in his absence. The wily Ambrogiuolo convinces Bernabo that he slept with Bemabo's wife, and it takes the sultan of Alexandria to straighten them out. This story was borrowed by Shakespeare, FrP, for what play?
Cymbeiille
Tlus final tale of the Decameron tells of a modern (well, for Bocaccio) heroine, a female version of Job, who suffers nobly at the hands of her husband. F15P, name her.
Griselda
19. Name these assorted Italian scientists FrPE.
Discoverer of the asteroid Hespera, he also noted channels on the surface of Mars. The Italian word "can ali " was mistranslated as "canals", intensifying rumors of life on Mars.
Giovanni _Schiaparelli_
He tigured out rotational periods for Jupiter, Mars, and Venus. He was director of the Royal Observatory in Paris.
Gian _Cassini
His law states that equal volumes of gases under identical conditions of pressure and temperature contain the sanle number of molecules.
Amadeo _A vagadro_
20. Given a short description, identify these Italian authors who mayor may not be related FTSNOP.
15 : In the essay "He and I," she contrasts herself with her husband in a self-deprecating manner that draws out the ways Italian women endure unhappiness at the hands of well-meaning men. Tlus was a theme apparent in her novel The Dry Heart and her autobiography Farnily Sayings.
Natalia Ginzburg
His most famous book is actually a didactic and dry story of a puppet, aimed at drilling the idea of "right" and "wrong" into young readers. Disney livened it up by toning down the morality and adding a singing cricket. FrP name tlus author of Pinocchio
Carlo Lorenzini or Collodi
For a final 5 points, identify this satirist and poet whose most famous work was Orlando Furioso, the sequel to Boiardo's Orlando Innamorato.
Lodovico ArioslO