Waterloo B 2009 VETO Packet

Waterloo B 2009 VETO Packet

Tossups

1) It is interesting that "The Blanched Soldier" and "The Lion's Mane" are both narrated by this man, who so often criticized another for romanticizing incidents with narrative instead of stating facts. Perhaps old age has tempered his views, as "The Lion's Mane" is set after his retirement from the unique profession which made his name famous. He is first presented to us sporting numerous cuts and chemical stains, when he reveals to the narrator that he has just discovered a reliable test for blood stains. He is later confronted with the word "Rache" written in blood in “A Study in Scarlet”. He appears in 3 other novels and 56 short stories, all written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. For ten points, name this consulting detective, long-time friend and roommate of Dr. John Watson.

Answer: Sherlock Holmes

2) This nation includes the locales such as Silhouette, Cerf, Alphonse, Marianne, and the Providence atoll. Geographically, it can be split into two distinct regions: the so-called Inner Islands, which are made up mostly of granitic rock, and the outer islands of coral formation. After a struggle between the French and the British, Britain assumed full control of this territory, as formalized by the 1814 Treaty of Paris. It gained its independence from the United Kingdom in 1976, and 1993 saw the approval of this nation's first constitution. Its island neighbours include Zanzibar to the west, the Maldives to the northeast and Mauritius to the south-east. For ten points, the city of Victoria on the island of Mahé is the capital of which country, by population the smallest state of Africa?

Answer: Republic of Seychelles

3) It was written for the 1965 film, La Neige a fondu sur la Manicouagan ["MA-nee-coo-GAN"], and won its author the Felix Leclerc prize that same year. Patsy Gallant recorded a disco version of it, which became popular in both Canada and the United States, but which was not appreciated by the author. It has come to be known as a Quebec "national anthem", and in 2005, it was inducted by the Canadian Songwriter's Hall of Fame. For ten points, name this song by Gilles Vigneault, the title of which translates as “my country”.

Answer: Mon Pays (“pa-EE”)

4) Born and raised in Texas, this theoretical physicist showed signs of a prodigious intellect from an early age. At age thirteen, his attempt to build a nuclear reactor was thwarted by the US government, and at fourteen, he started grad school, going on to earn a Master's and two PhDs. At fifteen, he worked as a visiting professor in Germany. Today, he researches string theory at the California Institute of Technology, a job he has held for the past 3 1/2 years. For ten points, name this socially-awkward scientist who lives next door to Penny on The Big Bang Theory.

Answer: Dr. Sheldon Cooper

5) Educated in mathematics and literature, he received training as a goldsmith from the Arte della Seta, or Silkmaker's Guild. He demonstrated his mathematical knowledge with strong use of geometric figures in buildings such as the Medici Church of San Lorenzo, and he pioneered the use of a single vanishing point to show depth using linear perspective. Perhaps his best work as a sculptor was his panel "The Sacrifice of Isaac", which was his submission to a competition he lost against Lorenzo Ghiberti to design the Eastern doors of the Florence Cathedral. For ten points, name this famous Italian sculptor, artist, and architect, best known for his work on the Duomo in Florence.

Answer: Filippo Brunelleschi

6) This geographical feature is named after a Canadian geologist and founder of the Geological Survey of Canada. In the early evening of June 23, 1925, MacCarthy, Lambart, Carpe, Foster, Read and Taylor stood on top of it for the first time. It is located within Kluane National Park and Reserve in southwestern Yukon and is the source of the Hubbard Glacier. With the massif containing eleven peaks over 5,000 metres, it is also believed to have the largest base circumference of any mountain on Earth. For 10 Points, name the second highest point in North America and Canada’s highest mountain.

Answer: Mount Logan

7) After a title winning season in 1991, this soccer player left Marseilles for the English Premier League. Catching the eye of manager, Sir Alex Fergusson, this soccer player joined the ranks of Manchester United, where he would go on to play until May 1997. Although he had a largely successful career with the club, this player would become known for a famous altercation with a fan, for which he was given a nine month ban by the FA. For ten points name this soccer legend, now a spokesperson for Nike's Joga TV.

Answer: Eric Cantona

8) It calls the word “meaningful” a “bankrupt adjective”, and lists injecting opinion, explaining too much, and using fancy words among serious mistakes to avoid. It was originally written in 1918 by a Cornell University professor and was revised in 1959 by one of his former students. As a result, this book has since been primarily refered to by the names of its two authors. Hailed as an essential guide to English style, name, for ten points, this small reference volume by William Strunk Jr. and E. B. White.

Answer:The Elements of Style (Accept Strunk and White before their names are mentioned.)

9) He was well-known for his love of poetry and wrote many Urdu ghazals himself, but while his genius as a poet was undeniable, his talent as an emperor was not. He ruled from 1838--1857, though the empire he inherited from his father, Akbar Shah II, was already far diminished. The 1857 War of Independence was started under his reign, as an attempt to overthrow the British forces in India, but was a miserable failure and ended in his exile to Rangoon. Here, he spent the last five years of his life, dying in 1862 at the age of 87. Who was, for ten points, this last of the Moghul kings?

Answer: Abu Zafar Sirajuddin Muhammad Bahadur Shah Zafar

10) Retailer 'Hennes and Mauritz' (H&M) has signed this designer on as their latest in its string of high-profile guest designers. His label is also known for its bags, which will be available from November 14, 2009 at H&M. In February 2007, a majority shareholding the company was acquired by TowerBrook Capital Partners, the international private equity firm, a deal which valued the company at 185 million pounds. He has won the 2009 Nordstrom 'Partners in Excellence' award. U.S. first lady Michelle Obama wore shoes by this designer on her husband's Inauguration Day. For ten points, name this Malaysian shoe designer who is a favourite of Sex and the City’s Carrie Bradshaw.

Answer: Jimmy Choo

11) This 1896 uprising was not as loud as it was effective—that is the way Canadians usual conduct themselves. The Métis prevented government senator William McDougall from entering the territory, because of his opposition to the French speaking people. The rising occurred in the area formerly known as Assinaboia. In 1870, the legislature passed the Manitoba Act, allowing the titular settlement to enter Confederation as a province. For ten Points, name the resistance that was headed by Lois Riel.

Answer:Red River Rebellion

12)This device was recently featured in an Easter special of Doctor Who, in which The Doctor and his fellow stranded humans try to get through a wormhole safely, by turning their bus into this shielding device. It is applied to many electrical appliances such as coaxial cables, and is used in chemistry labs to protect experiments from electromagnetic interference. It works as a hollow conductor where the conducting surface contains holes no larger than the wavelength of the electromagnetic field that the device is placed in. For ten points name this invention capable of dispersing all electromagnetic charges and fields over a conductive exterior, keeping the interior of the contraption safe from EM interference.

Answer: Faraday Cage or Screen Room

13) This merchant was born in 1724, in Konigsberg and lived entirely within 26 kilometres of the city. A philosopher, his works are often brought up in the discussion of business ethics. Although he is best known for his “respect for persons” principle, the core of his works revolve around the purity of our intentions in acting morally. His beliefs came down to the premise that it is the intentions behind an action, rather than its consequence, that makes it a good action or not. For ten points, name the East Prussian deontologist who spoke of the categorical imperative.

Answer: Immanuel Kant

14)Its main character is the 16-year-old Michel Dufrénoy, who receives a degree in literature, but discovers it to be useless in the contemporary society. Set in the author's hometown, this novel correctly predicts a number of elements of modern technology, including gasoline cars, wind power, fax machines and the electric chair. However, politics, medicine, law and war are obsolete in this vision of 1960s Europe. It was written in 1863, however the publisher deemed its depiction of the dystopian society without art too radical at the time, hence it was not published until 1994, after the manuscript was presumably discovered by the great-grandson of the writer. For ten points, name this last published work of Jules Verne.

Answer: Paris in the Twentieth Century or Paris au XXe siècle

15) They are independent and very successful warriors, whose territory stretched from the North Saskatchewan River along what is now Edmonton, Alberta in Canada, to the Yellowstone River of Montana, and from the Rocky Mountains and along the South Saskatchewan River, east past the Cypress Hills. They were nomadic peoples who followed the buffalo and lived in teepees. In 1877, the Canadian tribes signed Treaty 7 and settled on reserves in southern Alberta. Enemies included the Crow and Sioux on the Great Plains; and the Shoshone, Flathead, and Kootenai in the mountain country to their west. Popular members include Tyson Tomko, professional wrestler; Nick Carter and Aaron Carter, pop singer; and the guy who played “Bubba” in Forest Gump, Mykelti Williamson. For ten points, name this group of First Nations which also carries the name Niitsítapi meaning “original people.”

Answer:Blackfoot (also accept the Blackfoot Confederacy)

16) It is the main subject of the 1968 footage known as the Folden Film, and it is also referenced in the Final Fantasy IVvideo game. A Canadian postage stamp showing an artist's conception of it was released in 1990, while it also appears on the logo of a certain Western Hockey League team. The earliest recorded accounts of it date back to 1860s, when first European settlers arrived in the area, although it may also be referred to in natives' legends. The most notable sighting occurred in 1926, when it was presumably seen by passengers of some thirty cars, on which then-editor of Vancouver Sun commented saying "too many people have seen it to ignore the seriousness of actual facts". It is generally described to be one to two feet in diameter, with length ranging between 15 and 20 feet, strongly resembling a log. Possible explanations for eyewitness accounts include a standing wave, a lake sturgeon, or a beaver splashing its tail. For ten points, name this mysterious creature, a lake moster presumed to be inhabiting lake Okanagan in British Columbia.

Answer: The Ogopogo or Naitaka

17) Codenamed WhiteStar, the second product of this company was publicly unveiled in March 2009. Its investors include Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin as well as Daimler AG. Founded by Elon Musk in 2003, this Silicon Valley startup has recently received a loan from the US government as part of the Department of Energy's effort to spur the development of fuel-efficient vehicles. Both of this company's models are claimed to reach the speed of 60 miles per hour in under 6 seconds - an impressive feat considering they're powered solely by a three-phase AC induction motor. For ten points, name this recently-founded California-based automaker, suitably named after a certain late 19th/early 20th century inventor.

Answer: Tesla Motors

18) It was first referred to by its modern name in Galois's studies on solvability of a polynomial equation, although its formal axiomatic description by Heinrich Weber was not given until 50 years later. Standard definition requires the presence of identity and inverse elements, as well as associativity of the members of the set. In a cyclic one, each set member is a power of a particular element, while a symmetry one describes a certain repeating geometric or physical pattern. Lagrange's theorem states that for every finite one of these, the order of the substructure divides the order of the original one. The term "abelian" adds the property of commutativity to, for ten points, which mathematical structure, consisting of a set and an operator under which it is closed?

Answer: group

19) A study published in 1987 suggest a link between acetaminophen intake and this medical condition, although others claim that the conclusion was flawed. It was first documented in a 1963 paper by Graeme Morgan, Jim Baral, and the University of Sydney graduate, after whom it is named. The incidence of this disease is significantly higher in children than adults, with over thirty percent of reported cases resulting in death. Characteristic symptoms include brain inflammation and fatty liver, and it is often occurs during recovery from a viral infection such as chickenpox. For ten points, name this disease, typically associated with aspirin intake by a child.

Answer: Reye's syndrome

20) Born in 1913, this author was an active member of the French Resistance during World War Two. The author, having written plays, essays, and novels, later became known for exploring existential themes including revolt and the absurdity of human existence. Also, the Nobel prize winning author was once a friend of premier existentialist, Jean-Paul Sartre, although their friendship did not last. For ten points, name this French-Algerian author whose works include The Fall and The Myth of Sisyphus.

Answer: Albert Camus

21) In addition to taking part in Rome's transition from Republic to Empire, this man effectively helped to stabilize the struggle for power in the regions surrounding the Mediterranean Sea. The man's story has been told by many men including the orator of his time, Cicero and later by Shakespeare. Along with two other notable figures, this man formed Rome's First Triumvirate and expanded territorial claims in Gaul. For ten points name this individual who would later go on to "cross the Rubicon" and bring about Pompey's demise.

Answer: Julius Caesar

22) Written in 1915, this anticlimactic novella showcases motifs including alienation and choice. It is alluded to in a Simpsons episode where Lisa visits a Café named after the author. The novella's main character lives with his parents and sister, although he is no longer able to support the family financially. In the absence of the breadwinning main character, the family decides to rent out part of their apartment to three lodgers, which helps to advance plot and theme. For ten points, name this Franz Kafka novella, in which Gregor Samsa wakes up to find that he has turned into a bug.

Answer: The Metamorphosis

23) In physics, the name of this group originates from the Greek word meaning "thick" or "bulky". It consists of two major subgroups of elementary particles, one of which was correctly predicted by Hideki Yukawa in 1934, for which he received a Nobel Prize in 1949. The other subgroup is characterized by each particle having a half-integral spin, obeying of the Fermi-Dirac statistics, and being made up of three quarks. Members of this class are produced in high-energy subatomic collisions, and with the exception of the proton and the neutron, have relatively short lifespans. For ten points, baryons and mesons together form which class of subatomic particles, representing bound states of quarks?

Answer: Hadrons

24) Over six thousand of these have been located in Southern Ontario. They have obviously been shaped by the ice moving over them, but the amount resulting from material being dropped by the melting ice and how much from erosion by the moving ice, is a matter of speculation. There are fields, or clusters of these with dozens to hundreds of similarly shaped, sized and oriented. For ten points, name this topographical feature, also referred to as sowbacks, whalebacks, or elliptical hills.

Answer:Drumlins

Bonuses

Bonus 1

For ten points each, identify the rhetorical device, given a description and example.

1. The opposite of polysyndeton, this device is defined by an absence of conjunctions between consecutive clauses. An example is Caeser's infamous "I came, I saw, I conquered."

Answer: Asyndeton

2. This device involves switching the order of two words or clauses to create a violation of regular syntax. An example is the first line of Robert Frost's "Mending Wall": "Something there is that doesn't love a wall."

Answer: Anastrophe [an-AS-tro-PHEE]

3. This device is defined by structural reversal within a clause. An example is Dr. Seuss's "I meant what I said, and I said what I meant."