Ottawa Hybrid 2015
Canada pack.
(Compiled from editors and submitting teams)
1. A goal bounced off Kacey Bellamy with four minutes left in this game, breaking Jessie Vetter’s attempt at a shutout. Interference by an official almost led to a Kelli Stack goal late in this game, which was tied up with 55 seconds left, after Kevin Dineen had pulled his goalie and the opponents had hit a (*) post on the empty net. One team beat Switzerland to qualify for this game, which ended with a 4-on-3 power play, thanks to penalties by Monique Lamoureux and Hillary Knight. A 3-2 win on an overtime goal by Marie-Philip Poulin, for 10 points, name this hockey game where Canada beat the United States at the Bolshoy Ice Dome.
ANSWER: 2014 OlympicWomen’s Hockey Final [accept Sochi for 2014 Olympics, prompt on partial with “what event?” or “which final?”]
2. The stained glass window Remembering the Past commemorates this phenomenon, which was described in Peter Bryce’s censored report, “A National Crime.” Egerton Ryerson and Nicholas Flood Davin supported these projects, which were developed by the poet Duncan Campbell Scott after the Bagot Commission first proposed them. Some of these church-affiliated institutions had a half-day emphasis on agricultural activities, (*) and Phil Fontaine filed a lawsuit after the last of them had closed in Saskatchewan in 1996. These places had high rates of tuberculosis and mortality, and they sometimes restricted the participants’ use of their first language. For 10 points, name these projects that a Truth and Reconciliation Commission characterized as “cultural genocide,” which isolated and assimilated aboriginal kids in Canada.
ANSWER: Indian Residential Schoolsin Canada [accept equivalents, prompt on partial answers like kidnapping, forced education, etc.]
3. One game between these teams saw trainer Bearcat Murray climb into the stands, and another featured Doug Risebrough shredding Marty McSorley’s sweater. Coach Craig McTavish pulled out the tongue of mascot Harvey the Hound in a game between these teams, and Joel Otto used to shadow Mark Messier when they met in the playoffs. These two teams won the Smythe division throughout the 80s, and an own-goal by (*) Steve Smith decided a game seven between them. These teams lost consecutive finals to the Lightning and Hurricanes. For 10 points, name these two northern-most NHL teams, the teams that Johnny Gaudreau and Taylor Hall currently play for.
ANSWER: CalgaryFlames and EdmontonOilers [accept either, order does not matter]
4. A woman in this book travels to Whale Bay to meet her future husband Eric, and later on in this book, that woman brings her daughter Penelope to go find out that her parents have separated.In this book's longest section, the doctor Wilf dies just after marrying Nancy, who had faked her own terminal illness on him as an April Fools prank. "Powers" and "Soon" are among the eight stories in this collection, which has a series about Juliet Henderson and a title story where Sylvia returns from Greece and gets a crush on her cleaning lady. (*) That title story of this book ends with the open question of whether Flora the goat was set free or murdered by Clark after she reappeared in the night. Carla almost escapes her husband and gets on a bus to Toronto in, for 10 points, what 2004 Giller Prize-winner by Alice Munro?
ANSWER: Runaway
{McMaster B}
5. The Cancer Bats songs “Dearthsmarch” and “Pneumonia Hawk” have guest vocals by members of this band, which sang, “I’m not sleeping alone again tonight.” Another song by this band claims “I won’t apologize” before demanding “hop on your rainbow.” They sang, “I’m softer than a thrift store sweater” in a song that begins “Jennifer, they lied to you.” In addition to “Pulmonary (*) Archery”, “Boiled Frogs,” and “Counterparts and Number Them”, this band’s song “Accidents” was covered by Moneen. This band’s last full-length album, Old Crow / Young Cardinals, included the single “The Northern” and had less screaming than earlier releases. For ten points, name this newly-reunited Canadian post-hardcore band that featured George Pettit screaming and Dallas Green on guitar.
ANSWER: Alexis on Fire (Alexisonfire)
6. Outdoor attractions in this polity include Ross Bay Cemetery, Beacon Hill Park, and Ogden Point, where visiting cruise ships dock. After San Francisco, this city has the oldest Chinatown in North America, and municipalities bordering this city include Oak Bay and (*) Saanich. Alice Munro used to run a bookstore in this city, which contains Butchart Gardens and a Douglas Street that becomes the highway to Courtenay. This mostly-white city is under a rain shadow from the nearby Olympic Mountains, and after Kelowna and Peterborough, it is Canada’s most elderly city. For ten points, name this provincial capital, the largest city on Vancouver Island.
ANSWER: Victoria (British Columbia)
7. This author wrote about children who get captured by dog-thieves in a “coalhole,” as well as a book where a “prisoner” in an empty house turns out to just be a horse. Revisions to this author’s works have taken out the Golliwog character Mr. Golly, and she created the annoying characters Binkie and Susie in one series. A policeman created by this author announces,(*) “Halt in the name of Plod!”, and her character Frederick Algernon Trotville is called “Fatty” by his friends. Loyal dogs in her works include Timmy, Scamper, Buster, and Bumpy Dog, and she wrote of the domestic-minded girl Anne clashing with the tomboy Georgina, usually called “George.” The creator of the Secret Seven, the Famous Five, and the wooden boy Noddy, for 10 points, name this now-reviled author of literally hundreds of kids’ adventure novels.
ANSWER: Enid (Mary) Blyton
{Aayush}
8. ShaneyKomulainen took a photo of a man called "Freddy Krueger" during this event, and during this, a crowd fought police flares with water balloons. Ricardo Lopez proposed ending this event with forced relocation, and Minister John Ciaccia sided against the government. Police shut down Highway 344(*) and protestors blocked the Mercier Bridge after Marcel Lemay died in this conflict, which later saw the "Van Doo" force cross a no man's land. Mayor Jean Ouellette triggered this event by approving development at the Pines, which was disputed Kanesatake territory. Occurring in summer 1990 in Quebec, for 10 points, name this conflict over planned expansion of a golf course onto a Mohawk burial ground.
ANSWER: Oka Crisis
{McMaster B}
9. This team was originally financed by the owner speculating on real estate around the stadium, which contributed to their current financial troubles. In two separate occasions this team had goalies that missed playing time for cutting their hands in kitchen accidents. The Sabres’ Derek Plante eliminated this team with a game-seven goal against (*) Ron Tugnutt. An honorary one-day contract allowed a former captain of this team to return from the Red Wings before retirement, and this team traded for Jonathan Cheechoo and Milan Michalek one season after losing the finals to the Anaheim Ducks. For 10 points, name this Canadian hockey team that has had players like DanyHeatley, Erik Karlsson, and Daniel Alfredsson.
ANSWER: OttawaSenators (Accept either)
10. This location is the only breeding place of the Ipswich Sparrow and recent terrain restoration here has used marram, sandwort, and beach pea. Lake Wallace is slowly filling with sand in this place, which contains 50,000 grey seals and which was subject of a campaign where children wrote letters to (*) John Diefenbaker. The best-known occupants of this reserve were relocated from Acadia in the 18th century, but they are likely to die off from harsh weather and inbreeding. For 10 points, name this “Graveyard of the Atlantic,” an island near Nova Scotia, which is made of sand and contains feral horses.
ANSWER: Sable Island (National Park of Canada)
11. This company was criticized for replacing Toronto-based IT employees with temporary foreign workers, and employees of this company made an algorithm called "Thor." Dave McKay succeeded Gord Nixon as this company’s CEO, and in January 2015, it probably overpaid for a Californian wealth management firm. The Competition Bureau (*) blocked this company from merging with Bank of Montreal in the 90s. This company recently acquired City National and closed most of its Caribbean operations. While working at this bank, Brad Katsuyama learned about high-frequency trading and then quit to found IEX. For 10 points, name this bank featured in Michael Lewis's Flash Boys, the largest financial institution in Canada.
ANSWER: Royal Bank of Canada [or RBC; prompt "IEX" on the Thor clue by asking for original employer]
BONUSES
1. He throws the snowball which causes Mary Dempster to go into early labour. For 10 points each:
[10] Name this character, Dunstan Ramsay’s best friend in Robertson Davies’ Fifth Business.
ANSWER: “Boy” Staunton [or Percy Boyd Staunton]
[10] Mary Dempster’s premature child, Paul, is taught how to perform magic tricks by Dunstan as a young boy, before running away with the circus. Dunstan later encounters him in South America, where he has assumed this name as a travelling magician.
ANSWER: Magnus Eisengrim
[10] Dunstan, in addition to his work as a schoolteacher, is a scholar and author, who writes the book A Hundred [these] for Travellers. This interest of his marks him as an eccentric to most of his acquaintances.
ANSWER: saints
{Toronto}
2. This skip won back-to-back Scotties Tournament of Hearts in 2013 and 2014, making her the youngest ever back-to-back winner. For 10 points each:
[10] Name this representative of the Ottawa Curling Club, also a 2014 world silver medalist.
\ANSWER: Rachel Homan
[10] This Manitoban skip missed the 2014 Scotties since she was busy winning Olympic gold, and won the 2015 edition of the Tournament of Hearts.
ANSWER: Jennifer Jones
[10] Jones defeated this country’s MargarethaSigfriedsson in the 2014 Olympic final. Canadians may recall Cheryl Bernard losing the 2010 Olympic final to this country.
ANSWER: Kingdom of Sweden [or KonungariketSverige]
3. For 10 points each, name some things about the Canadian General Election of 1867.
[10] This Nova Scotian led the Anti-Confederation Party in 1867. Also involved in a memorable libel trial, this man published a series of arguments against Confederation in his Botheration Letters.
ANSWER: Joseph Howe
[10] This future Prime Minister was elected in 1867 in Nova Scotia. A former premier of the province, and the first president of the Canadian Medical Association, his 69 day term as Prime Minister holds the record for shortest.
ANSWER: Charles Tupper
[10] Charles Tupper also held this cabinet position in 1887 and 1888. The first person to hold this position was Alexander Galt, who gained it following the 1867 election. Other notable holders include Donald Fleming and Paul Martin.
ANSWER: Minister of Finance
{Carleton A}
4. This character gets pregnant by Abraham and observes that God is dying when she hears buzzing flies. For 10 points each:
[10] Name this blind cat who stows away with Dr. Noyes and his family.
ANSWER: Mottyl
[10] Mottyl appears in Not Wanted on the Voyage, a riff on the Noah's Ark story by this Canadian author of Pilgrim and The Wars.
ANSWER: Timothy Findley [or “Tiff”]
[10] In Not Wanted on the Voyage, Ham marries Lucy, a seven-foot-tall woman with webbed fingers and this secret. Another character with this trait is Bulgakov's Dr. Woland.
ANSWER: being Satan [accept synonyms; prompt on less specific]
{McMaster B}
5. Answer the following about CFL expansion, for 10 points each.
[10] In 2015, the CFL will play its northernmost game ever as the Toronto Argonauts “host” the Edmonton Eskimos in this Alberta city.
ANSWER: Fort McMurray [or Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo]
[10] The game in Fort McMurray follows a series of games in this part of the country held in Moncton and Halifax.
ANSWER: Atlantic Canada [accept Touchdown Atlantic or Maritimes]
[10] The most successful team on the field in the CFL’s failed American expansion was this team, the lone Yankee team to win the Grey Cup. They then moved to Montréal and became the Alouettes.
ANSWER: BaltimoreStallions [accept either]
{Jordan}
6. Team Canada won the 2015 edition of this event over Northern Ontario. For 10 points each:
[10] Name this annual Canadian male curing event, previously sponsored by Nokia and currently sponsored by Tim Hortons.
ANSWER: Tim Horton’s Brier
[10] This native of Sault Ste. Marie led Northern Ontario to first place in the round robin and a win in his page playoff to advance to the finals before losing to Canada in the finals. This curler also led Team Canada to gold at the 2014 Sochi Olympics.
ANSWER Brad Jacobs
[10] Jacobs qualified Sochi against a team led by this curler from Manitoba. He played as Kevin Martin’s third during their gold medal win at the 2010 winter games, and he shared skipping duties with Pat Simmons in Canada’s 2015 Brier win.
ANSWER John Morris
7. The main character of this novel is taught to read during nights by Mamed and helps the British during the revolutionary war which grants her a place on the titular list. For ten points each:
[10] Name this book about Aminata Diallo, a slave who finds her way to Shelburne, Nova Scotia after the revolutionary war. She eventually goes to Sierra Leon and helps in the attempt to establish Freetown.
ANSWER:TheBook of Negroes (Accept Someone Knows My Name, alternative name of novel in the US)
[10] This Canadian author of The Book of Negroes also wrote a memoir titled Black Berry, Sweet Juice: On Being Black and White in Canada.
ANSWER: Lawrence Hill
[10] Apart from being able to read, Aminata is able to makes a living and survive several situations due to this ability which she learned from her mother.
ANSWER: Delivering Babies (Accept baby-catching, being a midwife)
8. When Pierre-Esprit Radisson and MédartChouard des Groseilliers pitched their idea to the French they were rejected, so they tried the British instead. For 10 points each:
[10] Name the company they founded, which received a royal charter in 1670.
ANSWER: Hudson’s Bay Company or Compagnie de le Baied’Hudson [prompt on HBC; full name: The Governor and Company of Adventurers of England trading into Hudson's Bay]
[10] This man was the chief factor of the HBC and in 1851 became Governor of the colony of Vancouver Island and later of all British Columbia, where he negotiated a series of namesake Indian treaties.
ANSWER: Sir James Douglas
[10] This man was a significant stakeholder in the HBC and used that connection to secure a land grand and establish Scottish highlanders at the Red River Settlement.
ANSWER: Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk
9. Answer the following about the continued futility of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, for 10 points each:
[10] The Bombers haven’t won a Grey Cup since 1990 in spite of the heroics of this wide receiver, the CFL’s record-holder for touchdown receptions. He’s also now a talking head for TSN’s CFL coverage.
ANSWER: Milton Eugene “Milt” Stegall
[10] Stegall and the Bombers lost in the 2007 Grey Cup to this prairie team, Winnipeg’s archrivals in the Banjo Bowl, thus making them the first team to lose to their Labour Day rivals in the Grey Cup.
ANSWER: SaskatchewanRoughriders [accept either]
[10] This Winnipeg quarterback missed the Grey Cup due to a broken arm from the Eastern final. In 2014, the Ottawa Redblacks drafted this man in the expansion draft but traded him to BC at his request.
ANSWER: Kevin Glenn Jr.
10. Answer some questions about lacrosse, for 10 points each:
[10] This National Lacrosse League team plays its home games in the Air Canada Centre. Recently retired Bob Watson played goalie for this hard as rock team.
ANSWER: Toronto Rock [accept either]
[10] The most recent champion of the NLL is this team, who won their third straight title in 2014. Matt Vinc won Goaltender of the Year for this team and was an MVP finalist.
ANSWER: RochesterKnighthawks [accept either]
[10] This trophy is awarded to Canada’s senior men’s lacrosse champions, while the Minto Cup goes to the junior champions. This trophy is currently held by the Six Nations Chiefs.
ANSWER: Mann Cup
{Toronto}