., r i, 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.