Vancouver Estival Trivia Open 2002 Packet Questions by Adam Bishop, Steven Nunes, and Bethany Wiseman TOSSUPS 1. It was originally named the Earl of Pembroke and had been built at Whitby for the North Sea coal trade. Although it almost sank in the Great Barrier Reef and lost a third of its crew to dysentery and malaria, it returned home safely after three years with, due to its captain’s efforts, no deaths from scurvy. For ten points, name this ship in which James Cook sailed around the world on his first voyage from 1768-1771. Answer: HMS Endeavour 2. He created the display of Canadian minerals at London’s Great Exhibition in 1851, and as a reward he became the first Canadian to be knighted. He was the founder and first director of the Geological Survey of Canada from 1842 to 1869, and spent years of his life creating detailed surveys of the country. For ten points, name this Canadian scientist, after whom the highest mountain in Canada is named. Answer: Sir William Edward Logan 3. He was based on the author’s own imagination as he went blind, and the cartoon character Snoopy was based on him. He daydreams that he is a navy commander, a famous surgeon, a murderer on trial, an air force captain, and finally a man about to be executed. For ten points name this character created by James Thurber in 1941. Answer: Walter Mitty 4. It was named for the meeting place of the Scottish clans, near the birthplace of George Stephen, the first president of the Canadian Pacific Railway. Its museum includes a nineteenth century caboose that serves as a gift shop, and an open rail where you can recreate Donald Smith’s famous act. For ten points, name this BC site where in 1885, Smith drove the last spike of the CPR. Answer: Craigellachie 5. In 1865 Clara Barton helped to identify all but 460 of its graves. Commanded by Henry Wirz, it was built for only 10 000 prisoners, but up to 30 000 were held there when the Union stopped the prisoner exchange program. Its commander, Henry Wirz, was held accountable for 13 000 deaths. For ten points, name this infamous Confederate prisoner-of-war camp in Sumter County, Georgia. Answer: Andersonville 6. His dancing debut was as a cupid in a production of Sleeping Beauty when he was 10. Invited to the US by Lincoln Kirstein in 1933, his first American production was “Serenade,” but other works include “Balustrade,” “Four Temperaments,” and “Orpheus.” For ten points, name this Russian-born choreographer who set up the School of American Ballet and the New York City Ballet. Answer: George Balanchine or Georgi Melitonovitch Balanchinadze 7. Called “Dr. Squintum” by his opponents because he had crossed eyes, he was banned from many Anglican churches because he was too evangelical. He first went to America in 1738 and returned six times, helping to inspired the first Great Awakening. Constantly travelling throughout England and the colonies until his death in 1770, for ten points, name this Calvinist preacher, an associate of John Wesley. Answer: George Whitefield 8. He was born in Austria and studied under Ludwig von Mises’ Privatseminar. He later developed ideas that government control over the economy led to loss of individual freedom, as he had noticed in a comparison between Britain and Nazi Germany, and also worked in London and Chicago, where he opposed the theories of his rival John Maynard Keynes. For ten points, name this author of The Road to Serfdom, who shared the 1974 Nobel Prize in economics with Gunnar Mydal. Answer: Friedrich August von Hayek 9. He was banned from press conferences after he asked Mikhail Gorbachev which world leader had the biggest pants. He did manage to sneak in to an APEC conference in 1997, where his questions about
the pepper spraying of the protestors outside led to Jean Chretien’s infamous remark that pepper is something he puts on his plate. For ten points, name this tam-wearing punk musician and “guerilla interviewer” from Vancouver, nicknamed “the Human Serviette.” Answer: Nardwuar the Human Serviette (prompt on John Ruskin) 10. It used an interferometer, consisting of a half-silvered glass plate and two mirrors, and a light source. It was meant to measure the speed of light in different directions, with the expectation that the speeds would be different due to the movement of the interferometer through ether. For ten points, name this 1887 experiment, which shocked the science world by disproving the existence of ether. Answer: Michelson-Morley Experiment 11. Built near Carp, Ontario, it could house up to 500 people for 30 days, and it was connected to a Bank of Canada vault and a CBC Radio studio. It was also surrounded by a 5-foot layer of gravel so that it could absorb the shock of a 5-megaton nuclear detonation from as little as 2 km away. For ten points, name this Cold War government shelter, named after the Prime Minister who had it built in 1961. Answer: the Diefenbunker 12. It was first published in 1653 and contains chapters such as “On the Otter and the Chub,” and descriptions of rivers and ponds. The first chapter, however, is mainly a dialogue between the characters Piscator the fisherman, Venator the hunter, and Auceps the falconer. For ten points name this work, subtitled “The Contemplative Man’s Recreation,” written by Izaak Walton. Answer: the Compleat Angler 13. It breaks up at the beginning of mitosis, but somehow rebuilds itself during telophase. Consisting of a stack of cisternae with vesicles pinched off at the edges, it processes the proteins synthesized in the endoplasmic reticulum, and stores material to be transported out of the cell. For ten points, name this part of the cell, discovered by an Italian biologist in 1898. Answer: Golgi apparatus 14. A malicious spirit curses the families of Sauri and Tulimaq. Sauri’s son Oki later plots to murder Tulimaq’s sons when one of them falls in love with Oki’s wife. Oki is only able to kill one of Tulimaq’s sons, but chases the other, who is naked, across the Arctic ice outside their village of Igloolik. For ten points, name this film, the first-ever filmed entirely in Inuktitut and Canada’s entry for the 2002 Foreign Language Oscar. Answer: The Fast Runner or Atanarjuat 15. Mostly covered by volcanic soil, it is only 57 kilometres long and 22 kilometres wide. Discovered in 1419, according to legend the island burned for seven years when Zarco, its discoverer, set fire to the forests that covered it. Located 700 kilometres off the coast of Africa, today it is known as a tourist spot, as well as for its famous wines. For ten points, name this Portuguese island whose capital is Funchal. Answer: Madeira 16. Born in Colophon around 570 BC, he argued that there was only one God, intelligent, but incorporeal, and that belief in the Homeric gods was the cause of moral decay. He also observed that each culture creates its gods in its own image, and noted that if horses could produce gods, they would look like horses. For ten points, name this founder of the Eleatic school of philosophy. Answer: Xenophanes 17. According to legend, he initiated a peace treaty between the Knuks and the Grrrouchs, who live above the Arctic Circle, and the Knuks now accompany him as his helpers. He can be immediately recognized by his red hat and his multicoloured belt, and also because he is a seven-foot tall snowman. For ten points, name this famous symbol of the Carnaval de Québec. Answer: Bonhomme Carnaval 18. Commanded by Brigadier-General Michel Gauthier, it includes a Canadian Naval Task Group of 2 to 5 warships, three CC-130 Hercules transports, and the 3rd Battalion of Princess Patricia's Canadian Light
Infantry, whose only deaths have come from a stray American bomb. Established on October 7, 2001 to support Operation Enduring Freedom, for ten points, name this Canadian Forces Operation, the first combat operation since the Korean War. Answer: Operation Apollo 19. Based partially on the author’s trip to Germany thirty years earlier, the title comes from a 1494 satire by Sebastian Brant, Das Narrenschiff. It is set in 1931 aboard the German passenger ship Vera, returning to Germany from Mexico, which acts as a metaphor for the world heading towards the Second World War. For ten points, name this 1962 novel by Katherine Anne Porter. Answer: Ship of Fools 20. Ammianus Marcellinus declared it the worst defeat since Cannae, and St. Ambrose called it "the end of all humanity, the end of the world." Christian Gothic refugees, led by Fritigern, revolted against their treatment by the Romans, and Eastern Emperor Valens was killed in the ensuing battle. For ten points, name this battle which took place in Thessaly on August 9, AD 378. Answer: Battle of Adrianople 21. He left the London School of Economics to fight alongside fellow Muslims in Bosnia and Kashmir. In 1999, hijackers of an Indian Airlines plane secured his release from an Indian prison, and he escaped into Pakistan where he joined the National Movement for the Restoration of Pakistani Sovereignty. , for ten points, name this man, sentenced to death on July 15 by a Pakistani court for the murder of journalist Daniel Pearl. Answer: Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh 22. Only five percent of its 700 square miles is made up of solid ground. Designated as a National Wildlife Refuge in 1937, it is drained into the Gulf of Mexico by the Suwanee River and into the Atlantic by St. Mary’s River. Called "Land of Trembling Earth" by the Seminoles, for ten points, name this swamp system of southeast Georgia. Answer: Okefenokee Swamp 23. It was not completed on schedule in 1976 because of a construction workers’ strike, and its tower, at 556 feet, is the world’s tallest inclined structure. Its roof, though still unretractable, was not finished until 1987. It can hold over 40 000 baseball fans, but in 2001 it averaged less than 8000 per game. For ten points, name this home of the Montreal Expos. Answer: Olympic Stadium or Le Stade Olympique 24. The Gauls used them to signal the beginning of wars against the Romans, in the same way that they th were used to signal the start of the Peasants’ War in the 17 century. Both Brahms, in his Symphony #1, and Beethoven, in his Symphony #6, used them, as did one of the few surviving works of Leopold Mozart. Their pitch is determined by their length, with the Swiss standard being F#, at 3.4 meters. For ten points, name this long wooden instrument of central Europe. Answer: Alphorn or Alpenhorn
BONUSES 1. For ten points each, given characters from their books, name the Canadian author. a. Marian McAlprin, Grace Marks, Offred Answer: Margaret Atwood b. Percy Staunton, Paul Dempster, Dunstan Ramsay Answer: Robertson Davies c. Rachel Cameron, Stacey McAindra, Hagar Shipley Answer: Margaret Laurence 2. For ten points each answer these questions about the recent Pledge of Allegiance controversy. a. This California doctor brought the lawsuit because he felt the Pledge offended him, as an atheist. Answer: Michael Newdow b. The Pledge was originally written in 1894 by this socialist editor and clergyman. Answer: Francis Bellamy c. The phrase “under God” was added by the request of this President. Answer: Dwight David Eisenhower 3. For ten points each, or for five points if you need more information, given the assassin name the person they assassinated. a. (10) François Ravaillac (5) With a knife, in Paris, in 1610. Answer: Henry IV of France or Henry of Navarre b. (10) Balthasar Gerards (5) With a gun, in Delft, in 1584 Answer: William of Orange or William the Silent c. (10) Ignaty Grinevitsky (5) With a bomb, in St. Petersburg, in 1881. Answer: Czar Alexander II 4. For ten points each, given the following genetic scenarios, supply the term used in its description. a. A white flower and a red flower produce white, red, and pink offspring. Answer: incomplete dominance b. A red cow and a white bull produce roan offspring. Answer: co-dominance c. A man who is 6’2” and a woman who is 5’7” produce a child who is 5’10”. Answer: Epistasis 5. Visual Bonus: Identify these ancient sculptures from photos and clues, for ten points each.***** a. This sculpture showing an athlete in mid-performance was completed by Myron around 460 BC. Answer: the Discus Thrower or Discobolos b. This statue by Polykleitus, completed around 440 BC, was also called “the Rule,” as it was believed to be the most exact representation of the human body. Answer: the Spear-Bearer or Doryphoros c. Created by Athanadoros, Hagesandros, and Polydoros of Rhodes sometime between 200 BC and 100 AD, this statue, depicting an episode from the Aeneid, was discovered in Rome in 1506. Answer: Laocoön and his Sons 6. For ten points each identify these Neolithic settlements. a. The inhabitants of this settlement near modern Konya, Turkey, traded obsidian that they found at the nearby Hasan Dag volcano. Answer: Çatal Hüyük (cha-TALL hoo-YOOK) b. One recipient of the obsidian trade was this Jordan valley settlement, which also had some famous walls. Answer: Jericho
Located in the Euphrates valley in modern Syria, this site has well preserved evidence of the domestication of einkorn wheat. Answer: Abu Hureyra 7. For ten points each identify these Fathers of Confederation. a. His support for Irish nationalism led to exile in Canada, where he became a devoted supporter of Britain. Because of this he became the first Canadian assassination victim in 1868 when he was shot by a Fenian radical. Answer: Thomas D’Arcy McGee b. As a representative from Montreal, he was Macdonald’s right-hand man, and single-handedly convinced the French population that Confederation would be beneficial. Answer: Georges-Étienne Cartier c. He led the representatives from Nova Scotia, and argued against Joseph Howe’s camp of antiConfederation. He later briefly became Prime Minister in 1896. Answer: Charles Tupper 8. For ten points each answer these questions about the our solar system. a. The sun emits this supersonic stream of electrically charged particles, which is probably responsible for phenomena such as comet tails. Answer: solar wind b. The solar wind eventually meets colder interstellar gas at this boundary of the solar system, near which the two Voyager spacecraft are presently located. Answer: heliopause c. Located between Neptune and the heliopause, it is the likely home of short-period comets such as Halley’s Comet. Answer: Kuiper Belt 9. 5-10-15, answer these questions about a certain language. a. (5) In 1887 it was created by Polish opthamologist L.L. Zamenhof. Answer: Esperanto b. (10) Zamenhof was inspired this language, created a few years earlier by German priest Johann Martin Schleyer, the name of which comes from its words for “world” and “speech.” Answer: Volapük c. (15) A group of Esperanto speakers, including Otto Jespersen and Louis Couturat, later simplified Esperanto even further to create this language. Answer: Ido 10. Given a solo artist, name the band he or she was previously in, for the stated number of points. a. (5) Burton Cummings was in this band, which also included Randy Bachman, before both went solo. Answer: The Guess Who b. (10) Both Nick Gilder and a teenaged Bryan Adams were in this band. Answer: Sweeney Todd c. (15) Sarah Harmer was in this band, formed at Queen’s University in Kingston. Answer: Weeping Tile 11. 30-20-10, identify the poet from excerpts. a. (30) O my Luve's like a red, red rose/That's newly sprung in June:/O my Luve's like the melodie/That's sweetly play'd in tune. b. (20) There was three kings into the east,/Three kings both great and high,/And they hae sworn a solemn oath/John Barleycorn should die. c. (10) But Mousie, thou are no thy lane,/In proving foresight may be vain:/The best laid schemes o' Mice an' Men,/Gang aft agley,/An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain,/For promis'd joy! Answer: Robert Burns
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12. A father rides through the woods with his sick child, who has hallucinations of a strange creature luring him towards his death. For ten points each: a. This is the title of the work described. Answer: Der Erlkönig or the Erl-king or the Elf-king b. This German wrote the original poem. Answer: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe c. In 1815 this man created the most well-known version of Goethe’s poem set to music. Answer: Franz Schubert 13. For ten points each answer these questions about certain characters from Greek myth. a. Sons of Uranus and Gaia, they were named Brontes, Steropes, and Arges. Answer: Cyclopes or Cyclops b. The Cyclopes were killed by Apollo after forging the thunderbolt that Zeus used to kill this son of Apollo who had raised a man from the dead. Answer: Asclepius c. After their deaths the ghosts of the Cyclopes were said to work at their forges in this volcano. Answer: Mt. Etna 14. For ten points each identify these UNESCO World Heritage Sites located in Canada. a. In 1960 Helge and Anne Stine Ingstad discovered this Viking settlement in Newfoundland. Answer: L’Anse aux Meadows Archaeological Site b. Discovered in the 1880s, this 27 km long site along the Red Deer River in Alberta contains the planet’s greatest concentration of fossils from the Late Cretaceous period. Answer: Dinosaur Provincial Park c. Called “estipah-skikikini-kots” in Blackfoot and used by them for almost 6000 years, it is located in the Porcupine Hills of Alberta. It has 18 m cliffs, and in some places the bones are 11 metres deep. Answer: Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump Provincial Historic Site 15. For ten points each identify these types of chemical bonding. a. This type involves the transfer of one or more electrons from a metal to a non-metal. Answer: ionic bond b. This is the first type of covalent bond formed between two nuclei, with cylindrical symmetry to the internuclear axis. Answer: sigma bond c. The second and third type of bond formed between nuclei, formed by the sideways overlap of two parallel orbitals. Answer: pi bond 16. For ten points each identify these Frenchmen who participated in the American Revolution. a. As a 20-year old, he joined the Continental Army in 1777 and later helped gain more French support for the Revolution. Answer: Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Montier, Marquis de Lafayette b. He led the Royal French Expeditionary Force and helped convince Washington to attack the British at Yorktown, rather than New York. Answer: Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau c. He defeated the British fleet in Chesapeake Bay during the battle of Yorktown Answer. François Joseph Paul, Marquis de Grasse-Tilly 17. Given a Sesame Street character generally known by only one name, give either their first name or last name as required, for the stated number of points. a. (5) The Count’s last name Answer: von Count b. (10) Mr. Hooper’s first name Answer: Harold c. (15) Snuffleupagus’ first name
Answer: Aloysius 18. Identify these characters from Hinduism for ten points each. a. This monkey warrior is the messenger and servant of Rama. Answer: Hanuman b. She is the Hindu goddess of beauty, the wife of Vishnu, and the mother of Kama. Answer: Lakshmi or Sri c. She is the four-armed wife of Shiva, whose name means “black.” Answer: Kali 19. For ten points each identify these Canadian politicians based on the crazy things they have recently said. a. In June 2001, this mayor of Toronto jeopardized his city’s Olympic bid by saying he didn’t want to go to Africa, because he was afraid of being eaten by cannibals. Answer: Mel Lastman b. In December 2001, while drunk, this premier of Alberta walked into a homeless shelter and berated everyone for not having jobs, and then in February 2002, he argued that breathing contributes to air pollution. Answer: Ralph Klein c. In January 2002, this man was confused about whether or not Canadian troops in Afghanistan would be handing over prisoners to Americans, and about why they had green uniforms instead of beige, which is probably a bad thing because he is the defense minister. Answer: Art Eggleton 20. For ten points each, identify these characters from Voltaire’s Candide. a. Many times throughout the book Candide searches for, finds, and loses this woman, whom he loved as a young man. Answer: Cunégonde b. This man was Candide’s professor, who felt everything that happened, no matter how horrible, was “for the best.” Answer: Pangloss c. This man was Candide’s philosophical friend, who held the opposite views from Pangloss. Answer: Martin 21. Identify these European rivers that form borders between two countries, for ten points each. a. This river forms part of the border between Poland and the Ukraine, as well as Poland and Belarus. Answer: Bug b. This river forms most of Bosnia’s northern border with Croatia, and also flows through Sarajevo where it meets up with the Danube. Answer: Sava c. This river, which flows through Toledo and Lisbon, also forms a brief section of the border between Spain and Portugal. Answer: Tagus 22. 30-20-10, identify the person. a. (30) In 1324 he spent so much of his gold in Cairo that the city had to devalue the metal for 20 years. b. (20) His cities, such Djenne, Gao, and Timbuktu, became cultural centres of West Africa when he converted them to Islam. c. (10) Nicknamed the Lion of Mali, he ruled that country from 1312 to 1337. Answer: Mansa Musa