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Bulldog High School Academic Tournament 2021 (XXX): “I feel like ACF Regionals 2021 is a confusing subtitle for a set that’s not ACF Regionals 2021.” Written by Yale Student Academic Competitions (Zach Alvarez, Peter Cappaert, Jordan Davidsen, Stephen Eltinge, Michał Gerasimiuk, Mauricio Gonzalez-Sanchez, Hasna Karim, Sophie Lai, Louie Lu, Daniel Ma, Nathaniel Miller, Alisia Pan, Matt Pecoraro, Joshua Rothbaum, David Rubin, Matthew Siff, Varun Sikand, Daniel Sheinberg, Jeremy Sontchi, and Sebastian Torres) with Adam Fine, Michael Kearney, Olivia Murton, Annabelle Yang, and Bo You Edited by Jordan Brownstein, Jaimie Carlson, Stephen Eltinge, Adam Fine, Hasna Karim, Michael Kearney, Daniel Ma, Daniel Sheinberg, and Annabelle Yang, with contributions from Olivia Murton Packet 7 Tossups 1. Kant argued that humans have a natural propensity for this “radical” concept, and that it stems from wrongful self-love. Augustine stated that this concept does not exist on its own; instead, it is “privation” or lack of another related concept. A type of philosophical problem named for this concept can be solved through a (*) theodicy, which attempts to explain how suffering could exist alongside an omnipotent God. Arendt concluded that this concept is only brought about by “sheer thoughtlessness” in E ichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of [ this quality]. Nietzsche attempted to go “Beyond,” for 10 points, what quality that is often paired with “Good”? ANSWER: e vil [accept B eyond Good and Evil] (MGS) 2. In one scene from this film, a woman shouts “You don’t know the meaning of the word ‘neighbor’!” after discovering her dog’s corpse by a flowerbed. That dog had been strangled by a man who was earlier spotted cleaning a knife and handsaw in his sink. One character in this film repeatedly points to a wedding ring on her finger after being discovered in the apartment of (*) Lars Thorwald, whom this film’s main character later temporarily blinds with camera flashes before being defenestrated from his wheelchair. For 10 points, Jimmy Stewart stars as a photographer who observes his neighbors from the title location in what Alfred Hitchcock film? ANSWER: R ear Window (SL) 3. A poet writing in this language complains to his friend that “alas, the fleeting years glide by.” A poet in this language quips that “it is pleasant to play the fool on occasion.” A poem in this language begins “now is the time to beat the earth with free foot” after declaring “now is the time to drink!” An author writing in this language said his poetry would be a (*) “monument more lasting than bronze.” Wilfred Owen described the “old Lie” of a poet writing in this language who said that “it is sweet and fitting to die for the fatherland.” For 10 points, name this language in which Horace said to “seize the day,” or carpe diem . ANSWER: L atin (MK) 4. In this country, 39 soccer fans died in the Heysel stadium disaster. A center-back from this country blasted a 30-yard winner against Leicester [“LESS-ter”] C ity to edge out Liverpool for the title in 2019. A Basque goalkeeper named “Kepa” moved to Chelsea to replace a goalkeeper from this country who transferred to Real Madrid. This country’s national team, which finished (*) third at the 2018 World Cup, is nicknamed the Red Devils. Jan [ “yan”] Vertonghen has the most-ever appearances for this country’s national team, which is captained by Eden Hazard. Its teams include Club Brugge [ “broozh”] and Standard Liège [ “lee-EZH”]. For 10 points, name this country whose national team plays in King Baudouin [ “bow-DWEN”] stadium in Brussels. ANSWER: B elgium [or Kingdom of B elgium ; or Koninkrijk B elgië; or Royaume de B elgique; or Königreich Belgien] (PC) 5. According to Marden’s theorem, a function with roots at the vertices of one of these objects has zero derivative at the foci [“FOH-sy”] of that object’s Steiner inellipse [ “in-ellipse”]. With their edges and vertices, these objects form a structure named for Boris Delaunay that is dual to a Voronoi diagram. T hales’s theorem states that if one of these objects is inscribed in a circle with one side as a (*) diameter, the opposite angle is a right angle. The area of one of these shapes can be calculated by Heron’s formula. Euclidean distance obeys an “inequality” named for these shapes, which are called “scalene” if they have all different side lengths. For 10 points, name these polygons with three edges and three vertices. ANSWER: t riangle s (DR) 6. This man built a sanctuary of Artemis next to his house under the epithet A ristobule , or “best advisor.” This man issued coins bearing his own image, perhaps becoming the first person to do so, when he was appointed governor of Magnesia by Artaxerxes I. This man was the long-time rival of Aristides the Just. This man correctly interpreted the prophecy that (*) “ wooden walls will defend you and your children.” This man won the battle of Artemisium and lured an enemy fleet, including ships commanded by Artemisia I, into narrow straits in another battle. For 10 points, name this Athenian commander who defeated the Persians at Salamis. ANSWER: T hemistocles (VS) 7. The efficacy of one of these substances is reduced by quinoline or lead acetate in a process called “poisoning.” A double bond to ruthenium is found in three generations of these compounds named for Robert Grubbs. The turnover number and turnover frequency quantify the effectiveness of these substances, which are classified as (*) homogenous or heterogenous based on whether they exist in the same phase as the reactants and products. These substances do not shift the position of equilibrium, but they do lower the transition state activation energy. For 10 points, name these substances that speed up a chemical reaction without being consumed. ANSWER: c atalyst s [accept c atalysis ] (MP) 8. In the E numa Elish, Marduk makes one of these things appear and disappear to demonstrate his power to the Igigi. After Zeus turns them to stone, the Teumessian Fox and Laelaps are commemorated among these things. Coatlicue [ “kwat-LEE-kway”] has 400 children, excepting Coyolxauhqui [ “coy-ol-SHAW-kee”], who represent these things; she is saved from those murderous offspring by (*) Huitzilopochtli [ “weet-sill-oh-POTCH-tlee”]. The centaur Chiron is placed among these things after giving up his immortality. After he is stung by a scorpion and dies, one figure also joins these things; that hunter is Orion. For 10 points, Sagittarius numbers among what arrangements of stars that comprise the zodiac? ANSWER: c onstellation s [accept s tars before mention; anti-prompt on C anis Major , C anis Minor, Orion or Sagittarius before “Sagittarius” is read] (AY) 9. In the first movement of a work with this nickname, a subito piano descending D major dominant seventh arpeggio followed by silence ushers in its composer’s “Un Bacio di Mano.” That piece with this nickname begins on a loud C followed by rising sixteenth note triplets from G to C. The whole-note “C-D-F-E” motif appears in a (*) five-voice fugato ending that piece with this nickname. The melody from a movement with this name was adopted into the hymn “I Vow to Thee, My Country.” Johann Peter Salomon nicknamed Mozart’s C-major final symphony for this Roman deity. For 10 points, name this “Bringer of Jollity,” which precedes Saturn in Holst’s T he Planets. ANSWER: J upiter [accept Jupiter Symphony or “J upiter, the Bringer of Jollity”] (DM) 10. In a novella by this writer, the maid Maryanka delays responding to Olenin’s advances until her betrothed Lukashka is wounded by Chechens. This author wrote a story that opens with two sisters arguing about city and country life as a man listens from atop an oven. In that story by this author, Pahom dies from exhaustion after completing the Bashkirs’ challenge, providing an answer of (*) “six feet” to the title question. This author of T he Cossacks and “How Much Land Does a Man Need?” created a judge who hates his wife Praskovya but finds support in the servant Gerasim after suffering a terminal injury while hanging curtains. For 10 points, name this author of T he Death of Ivan Illych . ANSWER: Leo T olstoy [or Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy] (MG) 11. A n activist in this country was jailed for sharing a “toolkit” via Google Documents with Greta Thunberg. A group of comics organized a Right to Laugh event to protest this country’s jailing of the comedian Munawar Faruqui for a joke he never actually made. The Covaxin and Covishield vaccines are being manufactured by the world’s (*) l argest manufacturer of vaccines, this country’s Serum Institute. Throngs of people and tractors have blocked the highways leading to this country’s capital to protest the passage of laws that deregulate the pricing and storage of foods. Massive farmers’ protests have shaken, for 10 points, what country governed from New Delhi by Narendra Modi? ANSWER: I ndia [or Republic of India ; or Bharat iya Ghanarajya] (HK) 12. This future leader fled to London to avoid extradition after leading a failed coup in Strasbourg. After being elected president, this leader was opposed by the conservative Party of Order coalition, which he later had dissolved. This non-American leader’s government financed public works through the Crédit Mobilier bank. This ruler survived an assassination attempt by (*) Felice [“feh-LEE-chay”] Orsini and was captured at the Battle of Sedan. Karl Marx compared the “farce” of a coup that brought this man to power to the “tragedy” that empowered his uncle of the same name.