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BLASTOISE: “Do not play this set with THUNDER”

Edited by Jj Li, Patrick Liao, Alex Rochon, Joe Su, and Di Xiao

Packet by Earl of March (Yingxi Liao and Ravi Unhelkar)

Tossups

1. One character in this TV series, who used to think masturbation meant chewing her food, eventually opens up her own Mac and Cheese restaurant called the Intrepid Cow and dates Randy Man. Another character in this series knits and makes pop out books while he’s not solving murders, and writes a book named Lil’ Gumshoe to lead his daughter back to him. Those characters (*) Olive Snook and Emerson Cod solve murders out of a pie restaurant called the Piehole owned by the main characters in this series; however, they always kiss through cellophane because the Pie maker can’t touch a girl named Chuck for fear of her life. For ten points, name this quirky murder mystery TV series that aired on ABC starring Lee Pace, Anna Friel, Kristin Chenoweth and Chi McBride, whose title references the main character’s ability to wake the dead.

Answer: Pushing Daisies

2. This first name belongs to a character who acts as Saul Goodman’s “fixer”, who first appears to clean up after Jane Margolis overdoses on heroin in Breaking Bad. Late in the run of Law & Order, a character with this first name took over the position of Executive Assistant District Attorney from (*) Jack McCoy. A character with this name became the CEO of the “Bluth Company” when his father George Sr., goes to jail. Another occurrence of this name is the African-American survivor of Oceanic Airlines Flight 815, who spends the second Season of Lost searching for his son Walt. Many unfortunate people have had awkward encounters with Mr. Scott, the manager of the Scranton branch of Dunder-Mifflin Paper Company, who also has this first name. For ten points, provide this name, shared by all the aforementioned characters, as well as “the Situation” on MTV’s Jersey Shore.

ANSWER: Michael [accept Mike]

3. The first men's basketball player for this university to be taken in the NBA draft was Paul Courty in 1949 and their player most recently selected was Eduardo Najera in 2000. Lester Lane was their first 1,000 point scorer and (*) Darryl Kennedy is their all-time leader in games played. This institution has a traditional rivalry with the University of Texas called the Red River Shootout.For 10 points, name this university whose Lloyd Noble Center features the retired jerseys of Alvan Adams, Mookie Blaylock and Wayman Tisdale and whose sports teams are called the Sooners.

ANSWER: University of Oklahoma

4. This event led to the death of Cin Drallig and Serra Keto but did not kill Quinlan Vos despite destroying the Juggernaut he was standing on. This was the only one of its kind which only required one of the government bodies to activate (*) it. It was executed successfully against Plo Koon on Cato Neimodia, Ki-Adi Mundi on Mygeeto, and Aayla Secura on Felucia. After the battle with Grievous on Utapau, Commander Cody failed to execute it on Kenobi and Commander Gree died attempting it on the Wookie planet Kashyyk (KA-shick) against Yoda. The storming of the Jedi Temple on Coruscant by Darth Vader was part of, for 10 points, what command given by Palpatine to the Clone Troopers to elimnate the Jedi in Revenge of the Sith?

ANSWER: Order 66 [accept Great Jedi Purge before “Jedi” is mentioned]

5. This film opens with a narration in which one of the characters states: “I don't want to push my chips forward and go out and meet something I don't understand.” Fortunately for him he never actually does, as the third-act of this film was criticized in its release as none of the main characters actually ever meet (*); rather, one retired, one was shot to death, and one walked away from a car collision. The film marks the directors’ first Academy Award for Best Directing, and the second in a writing category, following a win for Best Original Screenplay for 1996’s Fargo. The film follows Llewelyn Moss, a man who is pursued by a Captive Bolt Pistol wielding, Bowl Cut headed sociopath, upon finding a satchel holding $10,000,000 from a drug deal gone badly. For Ten Points, name Joel & Ethan Coen’s 2007 Best Picture winning film, starring Josh Brolin, Tommy Lee Jones, and acclaimed Javier Bardem.

ANSWER: No Country for Old Men

6. The central event of this novel takes place simultaneously in the Canadian Arctic, a small township in Australia’s Northern Territory, and a rural Siberian village. The primary antagonists of the novel slaughter several beings, including a man named Jim, who is forced to commit suicide after accidentally hitting a child with his car. Miss Ogle is the switchboard operator who is unable to connect to the outside during the (*) xenogenesis within the dome. The narrator is a new resident of the title location and just misses the major event due to it being his birthday. Gordon Zellaby brings about the deus ex machina at the end of the novel by hiding a bomb in his projector case. For ten points, identify this novel by John Wyndham, named so because the titular birds lay their eggs in the nests of other birds.

ANSWER: The Midwich Cuckoos

7. TX-1, Special Criminal Investigation, and Re-Volt are all games of this genre. One game of this genre by Apogee Software includes the use of hedgehogs as weapons, while Taito was the first company to develop games of this genre, in the 1970s. One of these types of games can be found in the Starcraft 2 custom map Raynor Party as a minigame called Rocket Buggy Rumble (*). The Jet Moto series of games demonstrate the popularity of setting games of this genre in different environments such as in water or in castles. Games of this genre usually feature head-to-head multiplayer modes, as well as time trial or time attack modes. For ten points, name this video game genre exemplified by games such as Mario Kart and Need for Speed.

ANSWER: Racing (accept clear equivalents)

8. One ruler of this dynasty was offered 40 000 Parthian archers by King Vologæsus. Another ruler impregnated his niece and forced a fatal abortion on her. That same ruler recalled the general who defeated Calgacus at the Battle of Mons Graupius, (*) Agricola; launched a surprise attack on the Chatti, and faced a revolt by Saturnius. During this dynasty, the defenders of the Masada Rock committed suicide and a triumphal arch was erected for this dynasty’s second ruler for suppressing the Great Jewish Revolt. It preceded the Nervan-Antonian dynasty and followed Vitellius in 69 CE. For 10 points, name this Roman dynasty comprising Domitian, Titus, and its founder Vespasian?

ANSWER: Flavian dynasty [prompt on “Vespasian's dynasty” or equivalents]

9. MC Hammer and this band were the only artists in the top 20 of both Blender's "50 Worst Songs" and Maxim's "Most Annoying Songs". This band also has the "worst frontman in the history of rock" according to All Music Guide's review of (*) Results May Vary. Their 2003 album, recorded during the brief tenure of guitarist Mike Smith and containing the track "Digital Dream Door", featured what has been called the worst cover of all time, "Behind Blue Eyes." For 10 points--name this band that appeared on the aforementioned lists with "Rollin'" and "Nookie."

ANSWER: Limp Bizkit

10. In 2000, he won his second straight NL Gold Glove and in a few games, he and shortstop "Gookie" Dawkins formed baseball's most colorfully nicknamed double play combo. A shoulder surgery sidelined him in (*) 2005, but he prompted a bumper sticker campaign the year before in Boston after having several brilliant catches in the summer of 2004 as he became a member of the World Series winning Red Sox. For 10 points, name this infielder who was called up due to a 1997 injury to the Reds' Barry Larkin and whose 144 stolen bases belie his nickname.

ANSWER: Calvin “Pokey” Reese, Jr.

11. According to legend, this man killed 99 of his brothers to gain power, but spared the youngest, Tissa. He also commissioned a building on the hilltop of Sanchi. The influence of a nephew, Nigrodha, on this man is mentioned in the two sources for his life written in Pali. Bans on burning forests and creating schisms in (*) religious orders are found on pillars inscribed with his edicts, along with orders to erect banyan trees. One of this man’s sons persuaded Sri Lanka to pay tribute to him, and after the witnessing the horrors of his war against the Kalinga, he converted to pacifist Buddhism. For 10 points, name this grandson of Chandragupta, a ruler of the Mauryan Empire.

ANSWER: Samraat Chakravartin Ashoka or Asoka the Great [prompt on “Devanampiya” or "The Beloved Of The Gods"), and “Priyadarsin” or "He who regards everyone with affection”]

12. This singer sings how she’s “got people to see, places to go, deadlines to meet and a reputation to up hold”, as well as how her “little white lies smell like a big old bucket of bleach”. In one of her songs, she went “streaking in the park and skinning dipping in the dark”. One of her songs is introduced by (*) Snoop Dogg as he greets loved ones and asks to take a journey. In another, she sings of something that felt so right and so wrong, and “the taste of her cherry chapstick”, while hoping her “boyfriend didn’t mind” the title action. Those songs were in her albums One of the Boys and Teenage Dreams. For ten points, name this female singer of Hot n Cold, I kissed a girl, Teenage Dream, and California Gurls.  

Answer: Katy Perry

13. The elementary model of the hydrogen atom under this theory describes the electric field using a classical Coulomb potential. The infinite potential well is extended to the finite potential well as a simple problem under this theory. The mathematical base of this theory was formulated by Paul Dirac who used mathematical objects called (*) Spinors. Laws and paradoxes derived from this theory include the paradox of Schrodinger’s cat, wave-particle duality and Planck’s law. The controversies arising from the theory lead to the Bohr-Einstein debates and EPR experiment, and the Copenhagen interpretation was derived to explain this theory’s implications. For 10 points, name this theory which provides a description of the motion of particles at the atomic and subatomic level.

ANSWER: Quantum physics (or Quantum theory, Quantum mechanics)

14. In Barbier-Wieland degradation, the alpha-methylene group in an aliphatic one of these compounds is removed in a sequence of reaction steps. Mellitic acid has 6 of the functional groups which give this class of compounds its name. The hydroxyl group on these may be replaced with a chlorine atom using thionyl chloride to give acyl chlorides. The (*)Schmidt reaction converts these compounds to amines, and they can be reduced to alcohols by hydrogenation or using stoichiometric hydride reducing agents such as lithium aluminium hydride.These compounds are proton donors under Bronsted-Lowry theory, and salts and esters of this family of compounds are called carboxylates. Acetic acid is found in, for 10 points, this organic family of compounds which is characterized by a carboxyl group, COOH.

ANSWER: Carboxylic acids

15. Tania Branigan of the Guardian reported that severe pollution has made one-third of this river unusable for agricultural or industrial use. Two tributaries of the this river are the White River and the Black River. This river is filled with sediment from the (*) Loess Plateau .Notoriously vulnerable to flooding, this river was purposefully flooded in 1938 by Chiang Kai-Shek to stop the advance of the Japanese. The cities of Kaifeng and Luoyang lie on this river, which flows into the sea at the coast of Shandong province, after joining with its tributary the Huai river. For 10 points, name this river which flows through much of Northern China and is considered the cradle of Chinese civilization.

ANSWER: Yellow River [accept Huang He]

16. One man in this novel wields a club with wolf fangs for spikes while another wields two metal rods in combat. Another man in this novel throws stones, and it begins when a gang of men pillages an imperial caravan of riches and later escape to form an army. One of this story’s protagonists is a violent, ill-tempered man with a dark face who . Battles which occur in this novel include three offensives against the (*) Zhu Village the d. The first language this work was translated into was Japanese, and itss Japanese title is Suikoden. Famous characters in this work include Gao Qiu, Wu Song, and Song Jiang. For 10 points, name this Chinese novel, one of the four great novels of ancient China, which depicts the lives of 108 rebels at Liangshan marsh.

ANSWER: Water Margin or Outlaws of the Marsh or Shui Hu Zhuan or All Men are Brothers [accept early buzz of Liangshan]

17. In 1977, this man was commissioned by BMW to paint a Group 5 Racing Version of the BMW 320i. He was a professor at Rutgers University during the 1960s, which was where he began to draw in the style he is most well known for. Works by this artist include Pow Wow, a sculpture entitled Lamp, and one work incorporating five previous works, Artist’s Studio, Look Mickey (*). His most famous work is an adaption from the comic All-American Men of War. This man began to parody the comic strip in his work after a careless remark made by one of his sons. Leo Castelli displayed many of his works along with those of other major artists of his art movement. For ten points, name this American pop artist who created the iconic image Whaam!.

ANSWER: Roy Lichtenstein

18. In this work, Pandaman is constantly on the run from Tomato Gang. A skeleton musician with no shadow is discovered in Thriller Bark, and that musician wields a cane sword. The ship that the protagonists of this work are currently sailing on is powered by Cola. Another character in this work is a self-made Cyborg; that character was originally named (*) Cutty Flam and always wears a speedo. This work contains Devil Fruits which give the eaters permanent special powers when eaten, but they temporarily lose their powers when they touch the sea.Zoro, who uses a three sword style, is the first crewmate recruited by the protagonist in this work.For ten points, name this manga by Eichiro Oda about Monkey D. Luffy, who wants to become the Pirate King.

ANSWER: One Piece

19. An early version of this philosophy was advocated by the 19th century writer Gustave Molinari in the essay “the production of security”. Murray Rothbard developed this philosophy extensively in the 1950’s, basing it on the nonaggression axiom and the principle of self-ownership. This philosophy was influenced by the Austrian school and classical liberals such as (*) Herbert Spencer. Critics of this philosophy include Noam Chomsky, Robert Nozick, and Ayn Rand, while its advocates include Hans-Herman Hoppe and Walter Block. For 10 points, name this philosophy which calls for absolute property rights and the abolition of the state, which would be replaced with private defense agencies voluntarily paid for by consumers.

ANSWER: Anarcho-capitalism (accept free market anarchism)

20. Descendents of this legion include the Genesis and Aurora branches. One notable battle fought by this legion is the Jorun Retaliation, where the 15th Heraklion ironclads reneged on their Commissariat attachment. The captains of the 5th and 6th companies of the chapter of the same name as this legion are >>Caito Galenus and Epathus, respectively. During the (*) Horus Heresy, this legion arrived on Terra only after the war was over, due to the attack of the traitor Word Bearers legion in the Calth System. Their primarch is best known for writing the Codex Astartes. For ten points, name this Space marine legion led by Roboute Guilliman and having home planet Macragge, as well as a namesake blue colour scheme.

ANSWER: Ultramarines [do not accept or prompt on “Space Marines”]

TB1. Though originally developed for Windows, this platformer was first released for the Xbox 360 four years after its conception in December 2004. A preliminary version won the 2006 Independent Games Festival, which did not contain the artwork present in the final version, which was drawn by (*) David Hellman. This game won the Official XBox Magazine’s 2008 award for best soundtrack and best ending. This game has the player, a man with a black suit over a white shirt and a red tie, complete a variety of puzzles centred around the game’s primary mechanic of time reversal, while he searches for a princess. For 10 points, name this game designed by Jonathan Blow whose name is derived from the hair of the princess.

ANSWER: Braid

Bonuses

1. The following questions deal with first person shooter (FPS) console games. For 10 points each:

[10] Name this first person shooter game released in November 2007 whose story takes place in 2011 when a radical leader has a president of unnamed Middle Eastern country executed thus sparking a global conflict involving the US Marines and the British SAS.

ANSWER: Call of Duty 4 accept ( Modern Warfare)

[10] Name the character in the game Left for Dead 2 who is a portly, high-school, football coach with a bad knee voiced by Chad Coleman.

ANSWER: Coach

[10] Name the first FPS game to pioneer immersive 3D graphics and multiplayer gaming in 1993 released by id Software.

ANSWER: Doom

2. The following deals with a work by John Steinbeck. For 10 points each:

[10] Name this novel in which a family of sharecroppers migrates to California from Oklahoma during the Great Depression.

ANSWER: The Grapes of Wrath

[10] Name this character from The Grapes of Wrath which was on parole for homicide at the beginning of the book.

ANSWER: Tom Joad [prompt on Joad; accept Tom]

[10] Name this route in the novel on which the Joad family travels to California.

ANSWER: Route 66

3. Answer the following about the geography of Central Asia. For 10 points each:

[10] Name this set of mountains located in Southern Russia which forms the Southeastern border of

ANSWER: Caucasus Mountains

[10] Tehran lies at the foot of this other mountain chain on the southern coast of the Caspian Sea

ANSWER: Elburz Mountains

[10] Name this sea drained by the Amu Darya which is now almost completely disappeared because of poor water mangement.

ANSWER: Aral Sea

4. Keynes fiercely opposed the outcome of this converence. For 10 points each:

[10] Name this currency system adopted after World War II which was based on fixed exchange rates and the United States maintaining the dollar at $35 per ounce of gold

ANSWER: Bretton Woods

[10] Name this school of economics, headed by Milton Friedman, which argued for floating exchange rates in opposition to Bretton woods.

ANSWER: Monetarism

[10] Name this currency system which succeeded Bretton Woods and which failed after just a year of operation:

ANSWER: Smithsonian agreement

5. He created the Departments of Energy and of Education. For 10 points each:

[10] This winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and former Georgian governor was president before Reagan.

ANSWER: Jimmy Carter

[10]Carter ineptly dealt with this event, which involved the Canadian Caper, and was ended by the Algiers Accords with the consent of Ayatollah Khomeini.

ANSWER: Iranian Hostage Crisis [accept equivalents]

[10] The founding of the Night Stalkers Special Operations Aviation Unit was in response to this failed military operation involving Delta Force sent by Carter to rescue the hostages.

ANSWER: Operation Eagle Claw [or Operation Evening Light; or Operation Rice Bowl]

6. He used the pea plant for his discoveries, for 10 points each:

[10] Name this monk who was a pioneered the field of genetics.

ANSWER: Gregor Mendel

[10] Name this type of alleles discovered by Mendel which will not display this trait unless the organism has no alleles with the opposing trait.

ANSWER: Recessive

[10] Name this theory developed in the early 20th century that helped explain the mechanism behind Mendel’s laws of inheritance.

ANSWER: Chromosomal theory of inheritance

7. The following questions deal with crime comedy movies. For 10 points:

[10] Identify this 2002 American film based on the life of Frank Abagnale Jr. and starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks.

ANSWER: Catch Me If You Can

[10] This1999 film starring Martin Lawrence, Dave Chappelle and Peter Greene and directed by Les Mayfield

ANSWER: Bluestreak

[10] Name this 1973 caper film involving two professional grifters played by Paul Newman and Robert Redford.

ANSWER: The Sting

8. This "Family Guy" is voiced by Seth Green. For 10 points each:

[10] Name the character in the episode "8 Simple Rules For Buying My Teenage Daughter" who wins the puking contest for the last piece of pie in the fridge?

ANSWER: Chris Griffin

[10] Name the lecherous old man who lusts after Chris Griffin

ANSWER: Herbert the pervert

[10] This is Cleveland Brown's voice actor.

ANSWER: Mike Henry

9. Travelling at the speed of light provides some bizarre occurrences. for 10 points each:

[10] Name this theory introduced by Einstein in 1905 to account for travel at the speed of light:

ANSWER: Special relativity [do not accept “general relativity”; prompt on relativity]

[10] Name this supposed medium in which scientists believed light travelled in during the 19th century before the introduction of relativity:

ANSWER: Ether

[10] Name this set of experiments which tried to find the ether but failed to do so:

ANSWER: Michaelson-Morley experiments

10. They are ruled by the rules set out by the Guardians of Oa For 10 points each:

[10] Name this intergalactic peacekeeping force which wields a weapon of its namesake colour.

ANSWER: Green Lantern Corps

[10] Name the character from the Green Lantern Series who killed Kyle Rayner's one of lovers, Alexandra Dewitt and stuffed her in a fridge?

ANSWER: Major Force

[10] This planet doesn’t socialize, but it did come over to save Oa during The Blackest Night by using its gravity and its core.

ANSWER: Mogo

11. Answer the following about a famous British novel. For 10 points each:

[10] Name this British novel banned for its explicit depiction of a sexual affair between a married woman and her gamekeeper:

ANSWER: Lady Chatterley’s lover

[10] Name this author of Lady Chatterley’s lover who criticized industrialization and modernity:

ANSWER: D.H. Lawrence

[10] Name this character of Lady Chatterley’s lover which served as the lover for the namesake protagonist:

ANSWER: Oliver Mellors

12. This man persuaded Italy to join the Seven Week's War on his country's side. For 10 points each:

[10] The Ems Telegraph was edited by this man who gave the “Blood and Iron” speech after the Frankfurt Parliament, and was the first Chancellor of the German Empire.

ANSWER: Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck

[10] Bismarck’s attempts to stamp out the influence of the Catholic Church was known by this German term.

ANSWER: Kulturkampf [or Culture War]

[10] This classical liberal leader of the Freeminded People’s Party opposed both Bismarck’s welfare state and aggressive foreign policy.

ANSWER: Eugen Richter

13. Answer the following questions about a certain French Painter. For 10 points each:

[10] Name this impressionist painter whose works include Olympia and Luncheon on a grass:

ANSWER: Edouard Manet

[10] Name this painting by Manet depicting the execution of a Mexican emperor:

ANSWER: Execution of Emperor Maximilian

[10] Name this work by Manet which depicts the slaughter of communists during the Paris Commune uprising

ANSWER: The Barricades

14. Gichin Funakoshi was a notable practitioner of it. For 10 points each:

[10] Name this martial art whose name means “empty hand.”

ANSWER: Karate

[10] Karate originally developed on this island between China and Japan.

ANSWER: Okinawa

[10] This governing body for sport karate is the only one to be recognized by the International Olympic Committee.

ANSWER: World Karate Federation

16. Answer the following questions deal about the Godfather trilogy. For 10 points:

[10] Name the actor who plays Vito Corleone, the don of the Corleone family.

ANSWER: Marlon Brando

[10] Name this character who helped Michael Corleone guard his father from assassins at the hospital before the bodyguards returned.

ANSWER: Enzo

[10] Name this original author of the novel, The Godfather

ANSWER: Mario Puzo

17. The following questions deal with the Hip-Hop/Rap genre. For 10 points each:

[10] Name this American Hip-Hop group originating from New York City and includes by 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks, and Tony Yayo.

ANSWER: G-Unit accept Guerrilla Unit

[10] Name this famous American Hip-Hop MC originating from Long Beach Califorina and has singles such as "Who am I" and "Gin and Juice"

ANSWER: Snoop Dogg also accept Cordozar Broadus

[10] Name this famous rapper from Atlanta, Georgia, who is often recognized for his hype shouts and released the popular song "Get Low" in 2003 with the "Ying Yang Twins"

ANSWER: Lil John (also accept Jonathan Smith)

18. This sport involves flying planes without motors, using rising air to stay aloft. For 10 points each:

[10] Name this air sport which began in the 1920s.

ANSWER: Gliding or Soaring

[10] As gliders are not instrument flight rated, they are not allowed to be within 500 feet of what meteorological phenomena?

ANSWER: Clouds

[10] This action occurs when a glider pilot is forced to land in an area other than they originally planned due to lack of thermals or poor weather.

ANSWER: Landed out

19. Among his works is a work on education and the virtue of natural man, Emile. For 10 points each:

[10] Name this philosopher whose ideas of equality and republicanism greatly influenced the French revolution:

ANSWER: Jean-Jacques Rousseau

[10] Name this famous work by Rousseau in which he theorized about the best way to set up a society:

ANSWER: On the Social contract

[10] Name this essay of Rousseau famously declared the uselessness of the arts and sciences, which he claim facilitates pride and arrogance:

ANSWER: On the Arts and Sciences

20. Blizzard Entertainment released many Massively multiplayer online role-playing games such as World of Warcraft. The following questions deal with Massively multiplayer online role-playing games or MMORPGs.

[10] Name a task in MMORPGs that a player can complete in order to gain a reward.

ANSWER: Quest

[10] Name the MMORPG developed by the Square Corporation and was released in North America for Microsoft on October 28, 2003.

ANSWER: Final Fantasy XI

[10] This MMORPG evolved from a popular tabletop game and after going free to play in September 2009, its player base expanded enormously.

ANSWER: Dungeons and Dragons Online: Eberron unlimited [Do NOT prompt on “Dungeons and Dragons”]

Extra. This policy liquidated the kulaks and helped cause the Holodomor in Ukraine. For 10 points each:

[10] Name this economic policy adopted by Joseph Stalin in which all farms were nationalized and merged into large, state-run enterprises.

ANSWER: Collectivization

[10] This earlier Soviet economic policy intended to supply the Red Army and friendly towns included measures such as taking peasant’s grain and banned all private property.

ANSWER: War Communism [or Military Communism; or voennogo kommunizma]

[10] The Five Year Plans replaced this other policy which itself replaced War Communism. It restored some private property rights and was supported by Mikhail Bukharin.

ANSWER: New Economic Policy [or Novaya Ekonomicheskaya Politika; prompt on “NEP”]

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