NHB College 2014 Round 10 Tossups 1
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NHB College 2014 Round 10 Tossups 1. These items derive from the tebenna and were modified for use in battle through the cinctus preparation. These items generally did not replace the rectangular himation or pallium in the East. The brightness of the candida variety of these items was enhanced by white chalk and contrasted with the darker (*) pulla variety. These items were used to single out adulteresses and prostitutes. The praetexta variety of these semicircular items included a purple band and were used by magistrates. Later varieties included a sinus which covered the lap from the right arm and the umbo which went across the chest. The large amounts of folds in these items prevented vigorous activity. For 10 points, name this garment worn by Roman men. ANSWER: togas 094-12-59-10101 2. This country's government sparked a human rights crisis when twenty organizers of the Second Festival of the Second Culture were arrested at a wedding. Animator Gene Deitch wrote a memoir about being what Deitch called "the only free American living and working" in this country during its Communist era, focusing on a career that began when production of Tom and Jerry moved to this country in 1960 as an early Cold War olive branch. This country handed over much power to its "Supervisory and Auditing Commission" during the period of (*) "normalization." In this country, the Committee for the Defense of the Unjustly Prosecuted worked to protect the man who wrote "The Power of the Powerless" and other signers of the human rights manifesto Charter 77. For 10 points, name this country which was long ruled by Gustav Husak following the suppression of the Prague Spring, and eventually split into two modern states. ANSWER: Czechoslovakia 019-12-59-10102 3. In 2009, John D'Arcy public boycotted this university's graduation ceremonies, at which hecklers denounced Barack Obama during a speech about abortion. County prosecutor Michael Dvorak refused to charge a student at this university with rape after the suicide of Lizzy (*) Seeberg, which media sources contrasted with athletic director Jack Swarbrick's tear-filled press conference months later. In 2010, Declan Sullivan died when a windstorm toppled scaffolding at this university, and in 2012, this university responded to the announced death of Lennay Kekua. For 10 points, name this university which defended football player Manti Te'o in a fictitious girlfriend hoax and is located in South Bend, Indiana. ANSWER: University of Notre Dame 019-12-59-10103 4. "Barefoot Boy" John Gardner was a mayor of this city, whose origins can be traced to Jonathan Pitney, who established it as a health resort. During the 1920s, this city was governed by sports enthusiast Edward Bader, who organized its Blue Tornadoes football team. This city's boom era saw the construction of the Marlborough-Blenheim Hotel. In 1968, a group of feminists crowned a sheep in this city to protest its annual (*) Miss America Pageant. A fake investment in this city brought down Angelo Errichetti in the Abscam sting. In the 1920s, this city was dominated by the political boss, Enoch Johnson. Ruth Hoskins popularized a board game that used street names from this city. For 10 points, name this New Jersey resort city and gambling mecca. ANSWER: Atlantic City, New Jersey 094-12-59-10104 NHB College 2014 10 Page 1 of 13 5. The first biography of this man was written by Baha al-Din, who worked for him and his son Malik az-Zahir. This man rose to command following the death of Shirkuh and Shawar, the latter of whom he had assassinated. This man's army conquered Caesarea, Nazareth, and Ascalon in quick succession, though he was stopped at (*) Tyre. This man, who ended the Fatimid dynasty, was the namesake of a "tithe" raised in England and France following his devastating victory at the Horns of Hattin. For 10 points, name this Ayyubid ruler who retook Jerusalem from its Crusader kings in 1187. ANSWER: Saladin 019-12-59-10105 6. This event caused the exile to Israel and then total disappearance of Christine Cabon. A survivor of this incident, David Robie, wrote the book Eyes of Fire about it. This incident caused Charles Hernu to resign as Defense Minister and was carried out under the name "Operation Satanic." This incident was intended to ensure the success of a test at (*) Moruroa and was performed by the DGSE. Photographer Fernando Pereira was accidentally killed during this incident, which caused prime minister David Lange to demand compensation. For 10 points, identify this July 1985 action of the French secret service, which violated New Zealand's sovereignty in order to destroy a Greenpeace ship. ANSWER: Rainbow Warrior sinking incident 019-12-59-10106 7. This symphony ends by incorporating the songs "Whirlwinds of Danger" and "Tremble, Tyrants" into the "alarm bell" movement Tocsin. It opens with a brass fanfare in suggestion of a soldiers' reveille over timpani, before the songs "The Prisoner" and "Listen!" are played. The Allegro second movement of this symphony depicts the descent of a crowd into chaos on the movement's title date, follows by the "In Memoriam" Adagio third movement which incorporates the funeral march "You Fell As Victims." The unexpected drum hits in the second movement represent tanks rather than guns, according to a perceptive old woman at its premiere. This piece's impetus was discussed in the biography of its composer, Testimony, which reveals that its composer's father participated in the (*) Bloody Sunday incident that inspired its writing. Possibly intended to parallel the contemporary Hungarian uprising with the march put down by Cossacks, this symphony inspired the composer's son to ask "Papa, what if they hang you for this?" For 10 points, identify this 1957 symphony in G minor which ostensibly commemorates the aborted first major revolution against Nicholas II and was written by Dmitri Shostakovich. ANSWER: Shostakovich's 11th Symphony in G Minor [or The Year 1905; or just 11th_ once "Shostakovich" is read] 019-12-59-10107 8. The bizarre spelling of the word "preserved" in this document is, along with the pseudoscience of handwriting analysis, sometimes used to attribute it to Francis Tumblety. This document's use of "h" in the word "while" and "k" at the head of the word "knife" indicate that its overall impression of being written at a low literacy level may be faked. It explains the origin of an item believed to have once belonged to Catherine Eddowes. It was addressed to George Rusk of the (*) Whitechapel Vigilance Committee, and claims "I fried and ate it, was very nice." This document arrived with half of a kidney and an October 15, 1888 postmark, after the Saucy Jacky postcard and the Dear Boss letter. For 10 points, identify this letter believed to be a genuine missive from Jack the Ripper, which opens with a namesake two-word dateline that titles a definitive fictionalization of the killings. ANSWER: the "From Hell" letter 019-12-59-10108 NHB College 2014 10 Page 2 of 13 9. Although this man died in France, he had spent years in Italian exile as the Prince of Bassano. This man was briefly replaced in his highest post by Francisco de Saavedra. The Treaty of Fontainebleau gave him sovereignty over southern Portugal and made him Prince of the Algrave. He became his country's first commander to adopt the title of generalisimo while leading troops in the War of the Oranges. This probable lover of Queen (*) Maria Louisa guaranteed the rights of US citizens to safe passage on the Mississippi by signing Pinckney's Treaty, and he later negotiated the second and third treaties of San Ildefonso. This minister was almost killed by a mob at Aranjuez in an incident that forced his monarch to abdicate the throne in 1808. For 10 points, name minister of Charles IV of Spain. ANSWER: Manuel de Godoy [or Don Manuel Francisco Domingo de Godoy (di Bassano) y Álvarez de Faria, de los Ríos y Sánchez-Zarzosa or Manuel de Godoy y Álvarez de Faria de los Ríos Sánchez Zarzosa; prompt on "Prince of the Peace"] 094-12-59-10109 10. In this city, attempts to catch a serial killer resulted in the distribution of special "check cards" to citizens matching a description, which could be used to avoid a second police stop. This city's former mayor Art Agnos was wounded during an gun attack by a group of men who first used a machete to kill Quita Hague. Manuel Moore, Jesse Lee Cooks, Larry Green, and J.C.X. Simon were convicted of serial killings in this city, where the police dedicated radio channel (*) Z to the case of fourteen killings that occurred along Divisadero Street between October 1973 and April 1974 and were racially charged attacks by black gunmen on random white victims. For 10 points, name this city where the Zebra Murders took place five years before the White Night Riots protested the light sentence given to Dan White for killing George Moscone and Harvey Milk. ANSWER: San Francisco 019-12-59-10110 11. Because he couldn't read, this leader thought that a treaty he signed perpetually restricting his ability to sell his land to "strangers" was good for only seven years. That treaty was broken when the other party established the city of Swansea. This man was killed at Mount Hope by John Alderman, who served in a force commanded by Benjamin Church. He may have ordered the killing of John (*) Sassamon after Sassamon ratted out this man’s alliance with the Nipmucks.