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PRISON BOWL XI: WE LOVE NO FISH Head Edited by Chloe Levine. Vice Head Edited by Gilad Avrahami and Daniel Ma. Section Edited by Chloe Levine, Gilad Avrahami, Daniel Ma, Sam Brochin, and Rachel Yang. Written by Hunter College High School Quiz Bowl (Chloe Levine, Gilad Avrahami, Daniel Ma, Sam Brochin, Rachel Yang, Ben Chapman, Asher Jaffe, Ella Leeds, Alice Lin, Brian Lu, Cerulean Ozarow, Abishrant Panday, David Godovich) with help from Matthew Lehmann (Chicago). Special thanks to Tadhg Larabee (Richard Montgomery), Ms. Caitlin Samuel, Mr. Ross Pinkerton, Lily Goldberg, Ms. Lindsay Samuel, Julia Tong (Darien), and Finnegan the Dog. PACKET EIGHT Tossups 1. During one episode in this novel, the protagonist remembers Amy’s gray eyes in contrast with Mrs. Garner’s. One character in this novel is said to have a “tree on her back,” and earlier, some relatives of a schoolteacher stole her milk. Another character in this novel, originally named Joshua, gives his wife to a (*) white man and thus renames himself Stamp Paid. A central location in this novel was once inhabited by Baby Suggs after her departure from Sweet Home to Cincinnati and has the address 124 Bluestone Road. For 10 points, name this novel in which Sethe kills her baby to save it from slavery, a work by Toni Morrison. ANSWER: Beloved <CL> 2. In one commercial appearance, this figure was captured on a Memorex tape singing a note so high that it shattered a glass. It’s not Jaco Pastorius or Shirley Bassey, but this artist released albums subtitled The Birthday Concert and Mack the Knife which were recorded in Rome and Berlin, respectively. This artist for Verve Records recorded a song addressed to “Mr. (*) Paganini” titled “(If You Can’t Sing It) You’ll Have to Swing It,” and in addition to singing the Cole Porter songbook, she collaborated on three albums with Louis Armstrong. For 10 points, name this female jazz vocalist behind “A-Tisket, A-Tasket” who was renowned for her scat singing and nicknamed “Lady Ella.” ANSWER: Ella (Jane) Fitzgerald <CL> 3. In this city, after the Battles of Vedila and Brännkyrka, a man’s body was dug up and burned as well as that of his child in a massacre. In this city, songs such as “Lonesome Cowboy” and “Killing Me Softly with His Song” were sung during the Norrmalmstorg robbery. One event in this city affected supporters of Sten Sture and was carried out by (*) Christian II. That event was this city’s namesake “bloodbath.” One woman who ruled from this city succeeded her father after the Battle of Lützen. That member of the Vasa family was Christina. For 10 points, name this city from which “Lion of the North” Gustavus Adolphus ruled the Kingdom of Sweden. ANSWER: Stockholm <ML> 4. In 2016, four of these things were first observed connected to each other, and GISANS is a scattering technique used to detect these things. Bertram Brockhouse and Clifford Shull won a Nobel Prize for their work with these things, which can be organized into categories like “epithermal” and (*) “fast.” These things are captured in the r-process and they were discovered by observing how boron interacted with alpha radiation in an experiment by James Chadwick. These things are composed of two down quarks and one up quark, and isotopes are differentiated by their numbers of these particles. For 10 points, name these particles found in the nucleus with no charge. 0 ANSWER: neutrons [prompt on n ] <BC> 5. He’s not Friedrich Nietzsche, but this thinker argued viewers enjoy tragedy because they realize the dramatic events are fictional. This thinker asserted private property would be an “idle ceremonial” without scarcity. In addition to coining the phrase “constant conjunction,” this thinker argued reported miracles are not evidence for God’s existence. This thinker’s (*) “is-ought” problem is also known as his namesake “guillotine,” and he also developed a “fork.” This thinker used the example of a “missing shade of blue” and also woke Immanuel Kant from a “dogmatic slumber.” For 10 points, name this Scottish philosopher behind An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding. ANSWER: David Hume [accept David Home] <CL> 6. A wood preservative containing copper, chromium, and this element was banned in 2004 in the US. A test to determine the presence of this element involves the oxidation of zinc and the reduction of this element’s trioxide. Along with sulfur, this element, which is sometimes known as “inheritance powder,” appears in the mineral (*) orpiment. An 1836 test to detect this element was developed by James Marsh. Paul Ehrlich developed drugs containing this element to combat trypanosomiasis, known as Salvarsan. This element was used in green pigments in the 18th century and may have contributed to Napoleon’s death. For 10 points, name this toxic metalloid with symbol As. ANSWER: arsenic [prompt on As until mention] <BC> 7. One thinker at this institution developed GMM, or the generalized method of moments, and is named Lars Peter Hansen. For much of the twentieth century, this institution was linked to a “freshwater” school of thought. The author of the self-questioning A Failure of Capitalism, Richard Posner, is associated with this (*) university. Another thinker at this university predicted stagflation and described a natural rate of unemployment as part of his critique of Keynesian economics. That thinker from this university was the author of A Monetary History of the United States, 1867-1960, Milton Friedman. For 10 points, name this prestigious university located in Illinois. ANSWER: University of Chicago [accept UChicago; prompt on U of C] <CL> 8. In this modern state, Robert Hogg’s house was vandalized in the aftermath of a plot in which Mary Burton was a key witness. Nicholas Bayard was mayor of a city in this modern state during a rebellion in which Fort James was captured. A governor of this modern state began the Peach Tree War against this state’s Susquehannock population. That governor was called Old (*) Silver Nails due to a prosthetic leg he owned. This state was the site of Leisler’s Rebellion, and Peter Stuyvesant was a governor of this future state. For 10 points, name this state whose largest city contained a border at Wall Street in Manhattan. ANSWER: New York [do not accept or prompt on “New Netherland”] <ML> 9. In one work by this author, a woman thinks her husband has lost the will to live because his mouth is full of leaves. This author created Kandata, who almost escapes the Pool of Blood in Hell because he did not step on a spider in the forest. In one story by this author, a man is consumed by his desire for the title food, “Yam Gruel.” This author of “Cogwheels” and “The Spider’s Thread” wrote a story about a woman whose (*) robe is stolen while she is stealing hair from a corpse, which, along with one featuring different accounts of Takehiro’s murder, was the basis for an Akira Kurosawa film. For 10 points, name this Japanese short story writer behind “In a Grove” and “Rashomon.” ANSWER: Ryunosuke Akutagawa [accept Chokodo Shujin; prompt on Ryunosuke] <CL> 10. During a debate on allowing assisted suicide, this politician grabbed Gord Brown and elbowed a female politician before being called “pathetic” by Tom Mulcair. A debunked conspiracy which began on Reddit states that this politician is the child of Fidel Castro. This politician was found to have violated conflict of interest laws after going on a Christmas trip to a (*) private island belonging to Aga Khan. This politician represents the riding of Papineau and he led the Liberal Party to an increase of 148 seats when he was elected to his current position, which led to the resignation of Stephen Harper. For 10 points, name this current Prime Minister of Canada. ANSWER: Justin (Pierre James) Trudeau [prompt on Trudeau; do not accept or prompt on “Pierre Trudeau”] <BC> 11. A pet deer and a red theatrical curtain are featured in this artist’s The Wounded Table, and in another painting by this artist, a dress and a dead bird float in a bathtub. A woman in a black dress and yellow rose corsage lies dead at the foot of a building in this artist’s painting of Dorothy Hale. This artist of What the Water Gave Me replaced a (*) spine with the title Broken Column in another work, influenced in part by a bus accident. A blood vessel connects two depictions of this artist in one work, and she often painted herself with monkeys. For 10 points, name this Mexican painter of numerous self-portraits which feature a unibrow. ANSWER: Frida Kahlo (de Rivera) [accept Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón] <CL> 12. A compound synthesized by these cells is TAP, and perforin is a protein found in a type of these cells. These cells are regulated by FOXP3 and reticular epithelium, and they can be activated with the CD1D. ImmTAC is a drug that targets the receptors of these cells, and the glycoprotein gp120 helps HIV attach to the (*) CD4+ type of this cell. These cells interact with MHC cells, and one type of them emits toxins to break down the cell wall of infected cells. These cells come in “killer” and “helper” varieties. For 10 points, name these white blood cells that mature in the thymus. ANSWER: T cells [or T lymphocytes; prompt on white blood cells until mention; prompt on lymphocytes; do not accept or prompt on “B cells”] <BC> 13. Hyrcanus II was a leader of these people before being overthrown by his brother Aristobulus.