BLASTOISE: “Do not play this set with THUNDER”
Edited by Jj Li, Patrick Liao, Alex Rochon, Joe Su, and Di Xiao.
Packet by Ottawa A (Aaron Kozack and Brendan McKendy)
Tossups
1. This artist painting a sprig of hyssop, representing the Tree of Lebanon in front of John the Baptist in the middle ground of one work, and in another, he painted himself in the guise of a skinned St. Bartholomew. He put male nudes in the background of his circular The Holy Family, and (*) Charon rowing down the River Styx in the bottom right in another work. Stressed-out-looking depictions of Jonah and Ezekiel appear in a painter by this artist which also features three scenes of Noah at its base. An apprentice to Ghirlandaio and a victim of Daniele da Voltera’s fig leaves, this artist spent four years on a painting of brown flesh before a blue sky, in which the figure at the top centre looks like Apollo but is supposed to be Christ. for 10 points, name this painter whose enormous Last Judgment sits just below the ceiling he painted in the Sistine Chapel.
ANSWER: Michelangelo Buonarroti
2. This city was originally called Batmania after its founder, John Batman, and its suburbs today include Stonnington and Boroondara. Ranked second behind Vancouver on The Economist’s 2011 “most livable cities” list, this home city of (*) Monash University was its nation’s first capital from 1901 to 1927. A mining company based in this city, BHP Billiton, owns the Ekati diamond mine in the Northwest Territories and made a bid in 2010 for the Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan. This city, situated on Port Phillip Bay at the mouth of the Yarra River, saw its population boom after an 1850s gold rush. The host of the 1956 Olympics, for 10 points, name this capital of Victoria province, the second-largest city in Australia.
ANSWER: Melbourne
3. One character in this movie uses his computer to define the word “hoedown” and proposes to plant a pizza tree. Non-actors Elissa Knight and Ben Burtt were the top-billed members of this movie’s cast, and its main character keeps a gnome collection and listens to the song, (*) “Put on Your Sunday Clothes.” Fred Willard and Jeff Garlin appear as Shelby Fortright and B. McCrea, the two captains of the Axiom, a ship created by the Buy n Large corporation which is outfitted with special microgravity and is full of fat people. Centred on the adventures of a Waste-Allocation Load Lifter, Earth-class, for 10 points, name this Pixar movie about a garbage robot who meets EVE in a dystopian future.
ANSWER: WALL-E
4. This event was depicted in a movie subtitled Ten Days that Shook the World , which used footage from a tenth-anniversary re-enactment of this event. This event allegedly began on the ship Aurora, and the day after it took place, its perpetrators issued the Decree on (*) Peace and the Decree on Land. This event was originally opposed by Central Committee moderates like Girgory Zinoviev and Lev Kamenev, and it was led by a Military Revolutionary Committee under people like Adolph Joffe. Occurring shortly after the Kornilov Affair and the July Days, for 10 points, name this event in which Alexander Kerensky’s Provisional Government was overthrown by Leon Trotsky’s Bolsheviks.
ANSWER: October Revolution (accept things like seizure of Winter Palace or Bolshevik coup d’etat; prompt on Russian Revolution)
[DE] 5. Originally written for The Ramones, this song's writer was advised by his manager to keep it for himself after several other compositions of his had become hits for other artists. In an interview conducted on the day of his murder, John Lennon called this “a great record” and remarked that it had the same “period sound” as his own “(Just Like) Starting Over.” The third verse ends with the singer's observation that it (*) “don't make no difference what nobody says/ain't nobody like to be alone,” before moving into a chorus that states that everybody’s got the titular object. Memorably beginning with the line “Got a wife and kids in Baltimore, Jack,” for ten points name this lead-off single from the 1980 album The River, the first top ten hit on the Billboard Hot 100 for Bruce Springsteen.
ANSWER: “Hungry Heart”
6. This leader accused Cambodians of an “act of piracy” when he ordered Marines to rescue the Mayaguez, and when he denied Abraham Beame’s requests for a federal bailout, it was reported that told New York City to “drop dead.” He asked the American public to send him economic suggestions and personal pledges by mail, and he was mocked with the slogan (*) “No Immediate Miracles” over his grandstanding campaign to “Whip Inflation Now.” This president’s best-known decision came in Proclamation 4311, and though he’s not a George Bush, he employed Donald Rumsfeld as Secretary of Defense and Dick Cheney as Chief of Staff. For 10 points, name this 38th U.S. President who pardoned his predecessor, Richard Nixon.
ANSWER: Gerald Ford
7. A reply to this play is set after the titular character is presumably dead and is called A Woman's Prize. Two characters pretend to be tutors in this play in order to come in contact with Baptista's daughters, and in one scene, the title character is told to call the (*) sun the moon by her husband. The title character gives a complicated monologue at the end of this work, which can either be read as her being defeated or as proto-feminist, and after she completes her speech, her husband exclaims “kiss me, Kate”. for 10 points, what is this early Shakespearian play that features the breaking of Katherine's spirits by Petruccio?
ANSWER: The Taming of the Shrew
8. In addition to sailing on the Maud and the Fram, this person flew in airplanes and dirigibles with Umberto Nobile and Lincoln Ellsworth. The rival of a man who notably travelled with cigars and ponies, this person lied to his crew about the destination of their best-known voyage. After learning from the (*) Netsilik people that sealskins were a light alternative to wool coats, this explorer completed the first successful expedition through the Northwest Passage. He also sailed from the Madeira Islands to the Ross Sea in a race with Robert Falcon Scott before eventually naming his destination after King Haakon VII. for 10 points, name this Norwegian explorer, the first person ever to reach the South Pole.
ANSWER: Roald Amundsen
9. Two characters in this work argue over the sale of a Barnett Newman painting, and in a video game based on this work, Kearson DeWitt creates a robot called Ultimo. One character proposes a novel that would “make Ulysses look like it was written in crayon,” and another character appears briefly but is misidentified as (*) Larry King. Bizarrely dedicated to the memory of DJ A.M., this film is notable for the absence of Terence Howard and for the protagonist’s unannounced participation in the Monaco Grand Prix. Featuring the line, “I’ve successfully privatized world peace,” this movie introduces Mickey Rourke in the role of Ivan Vanko, otherwise known as Whiplash. for 10 points, name this worst movie of 2010, a superhero sequel starring Robert Downey Jr.
ANSWER: Iron Man 2 [do not accept or prompt on Iron Man]
10. The main character is commanded by her mom at one point to take off her shirt, and she tells her mom after a night of dropping ecstasy with a friend that she is moving out. The main character constantly engages in self-injurious behaviour, such as ripping the skin off around her nails until she bleeds in her bathroom. The main character bites the lip of Thomas after he (*) forcibly kisses her, and he offers her the main role in an upcoming performance after this event, though he repeatedly tells her that he only sees one of the main role's dualities in her. The main draw to this movie for many people is two minute scene in which the main character, Nina, and her friend at the time, Lily, engage in a sexual encounter, but the main character later finds out that she dreamt this. for 10 points, Natalie Portman stars as the main character and Mila Kunis as her friend in what 2010 movie about Tchaikovsky's first ballet?
ANSWER: Black Swan
11. This brain area is presumed to control sexual motivation, and men show more activation in this area when viewing sexually-arousing scenes. People with certain types of disorders are theorized to have an overactive this brain area, and stimulation of this brain area can induce (*) eating and drinking. This brain area responds to many sensory modalities, and this brain area is important for flashbulb memories. This brain area is shaped like an almond, and it is implicated in depression and anxiety. for 10 points, what is this brain structure in the limbic system that is primarily associated with emotional arousal, especially fear?
ANSWER: amygdala
12. One poem with this title takes its epigraph from The Jew of Malta and ends with the question “should I have the right to smile?”, while another poem with this title repeatedly asks “Which shore?”. Another poem with the French equivalent to this title is actually written in English, and it opens with the line “Your mind and you are our Sargasso sea.” Two of these poems are thought to be influenced by a novel of the same name about a woman who confronts her destiny. A (*) Jules Laforgue influence is apparent in one of the aforementioned poems that repeats the line “I shall sit here, serving tea to friends,” while one of the other aforementioned poems opens with the lines “Your thighs are appletrees whose blossoms touch the sky.” for 10 points, name the shared title of a William C. Williams and T. S. Eliot poem that is also the English translation of a title of an Ezra Pound poem, which is also the name of a novel by Henry James.
ANSWER: “Portrait of a Lady” (accept “Portrait D'Une Femme,” though we are clearly looking for the English title.)
13. The singer of this song wants to be taken “for a ride” and to be taken “high”, but wants to take you “by surprise”. The singer warns that “when you enter, you ain't leaving” and that she's “gonna make you beg for it”. The lead single from the artist's (*) fifth album, this song is the singer's ninth number one on Billboard's Hot 100. This song tells the boy to “forget about the world 'cause it's gonna be [her] and [him] tonight”, and the singer asks to be held “like a pillow”. The singer is the only one who understands how to make you feel like a man in, for 10 points, what song by Rihanna that asks you to make her feel like the titular individual?
ANSWER: “Only Girl (In the World)”
14. In one appearance, this character remarks that his wife “could have been any pretty English girl” before pulling a sheet over her head and having an affair with Amelie. This enemy of Christophine argues that England is real and Granbois is a dream in a novel in which he remains unnamed, centering around his marriage to (*) Antoinette Cosway and their return to England. In another novel, this character with “flashing and flaming” eyes is asked, “Do you think because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless?” He courts Blanche Ingram and looks after Adele Varens before blinding himself in an attempt to rescue Bertha Mason from the burning Thornfield Manor. for 10 points, name this Byronic hero who keeps his Creole wife in the attic, the love interest and employer of Jane Eyre.
ANSWER: Edward Rochester [accept Antoinette’s unnamed husband or Englishman from Wide Sargasso Sea before “Antoinette”]
15. This show was sponsored by the University of Phoenix, and in a key scene, the main character claimed he’d had a great conversation with his mom, as well as acknowledging that he was still a nail-biter, but not so much lately. This show’s setting in Greenwich, Connecticut included a banner reading, (*) “Great Futures Start Here” and at least one vending machine full of vitamin water. Hosted by Jim Grey and centered around a figure who “left [the powder] at home,” for 10 points, name this one-hour special on ESPN, in which the central figure announced, “I’m going to take my talents to South Beach,” and revealed his choice to leave Cleveland and sign with the Miami Heat.
ANSWER: Lebron James: The Decision [prompt on any description or anything with “Lebron James”]
16. One of this actor’s characters’ lies to Lindsay Lohan above having an indoor pool at a sleepover and berates her stepfather, played by Horatio Sanz, with cries of, “Rick? Rick? Rick? Rick? Rick?” She played one character whose name was mis-guessed as either “Saul Zentzman” or “Crindy,” and she was foiled by the statue-vandal (*) Greg Pikitis when he hired a fake mother off of Craigslist. In various roles she became a gay icon for mistakenly marrying two male penguins, worked as a seal-dealer and got married on a dare, and lost a “Woman of the Year” award to her boss, Ron Swanson. Gob’s wife on Arrested Development and Will Arnett’s wife in real life, she currently plays the deputy director of the Pawnee, Indiana parks department. for 10 points, name this former Weekend Update host who stars as Leslie Knope on Parks and Recreation.
ANSWER: Amy Poehler [prompt on character names]
17. One lyric on this album offers, “Let’s watch Sex and the City or Desperate Housewives,” and another song includes a “TV saying something about disaster in the world.” In addition to “Chop Me Up” and “Until the End of Time,” one song from this album was ranked the best track of 2006 by Pitchfork, who praised the artist for being (*) “not scared to sing like a girl.” With a front cover showing the artist stomping on a disco ball, this album’s best song features the lines, “Would you date me on the regular?” and “This ring here represents my heart,” and was released shortly before this album’s artist broke up with Cameron Diaz. for 10 points, name this follow-up to Justified, an album by Justin Timberlake which includes the songs “My Love” and “Sexyback.”
ANSWER: Futuresex/LoveSounds [prompt on partial answer, prompt on artist or song names]
18. One mission in this game asks you to return a Stradivarius to an old woman, and in another of this game’s missions, Abraham Washington assigns you to steal the Declaration of Independence. Quests like “Scientific Pursuits” and “Tranquility Lane” lead to the player-character reuniting with his father, voiced by Liam Neeson, and this game’s players can effectively pause combat with an (*) “assisted targeting system.” President Eden is revealed to be a computer after you deliver him the G.E.C.K. in this game, where the central Lone Wanderer is accompanied by Dogmeat. Set in the Capital Wasteland after the player escapes from Vault 101, for 10 points, name this spiritual successor to Elder Scrolls: Oblivion, a post-apocalyptic action RPG from Bethesda Softworks.
ANSWER: Fallout 3 [do not accept or prompt on Fallout or any other Fallout game]
19. One instance of this feat was followed by questions to which the answers were “seven” and “twelve,” after the doer boarded a boat to either Magadan or Dalmanutha. Another instance occurred after Phillip remarked that two hundred denarii would be (*) insufficient, in which this action’s performer asked everyone to sit down on the grass. After this action was performed in the service of either (*) 4000 or 5000 people, twelve baskets were gathered up of the remaining supplies. for 10 points, name this miracle which appears in all four gospels just before Christ walks on water, in which He helps out some hungry people by increasing the available amount of loaves and fishes.
ANSWER: feeding the multitudes [accept feeding the 4000 or feeding the 5000 until “hungry”; accept synonyms until “hungry”; accept multiplying the loaves and fishes until the end]
20. Amy Sedaris appeared on this show as the tooth fairy, and its creator, Christian Jacobs, is also famous for being the lead singer of the Aquabats. Some segments feature Paul Scheer and Jack McBrayer telling knock-knock jokes, and others involve (*) Mark Mothersbaugh drawing magic pictures. Beans and carrots ask to be invited to a “Party in My Tummy,” and a character is instructed to “Don’t Bite Your Friends” in songs on this show, which are sung by the furry green creature Brobee and the yellow robot Plex. Featuring daily beats by Biz Markie and celebrity guests who all teach a new “dancey dance,” for 10 points, name this colourful show on Nick Jr. and Treehouse TV, hosted by DJ Lance Rock.
ANSWER: Yo Gabba Gabba!
TB1. One song tried to justify this action with verses like, “I started living for people,” and “I ain’t living for tabloids; I’m living for me.” Contradicting a statement that it was done at the request of Liam Hemsworth, that rap video tried to explain Miley Cyrus’s reasons for taking this action. (*) Gilbert Arenas performed this action while suggesting that “people take their sensitivity bar down a little.” A feud with Tila Tequila led Chris Brown to take this action, and Lady Gaga joined a group led by Alicia Keys in doing this action temporarily for World AIDS Day. for 10 points, name this action performed in the first month of membership by 60% of users, which turns out to be a lot easier than quitting Facebook.