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ROUND 7 --- TORONTO HYBRID MIRROR: ORLANDO (2016)Questions revised from the Toronto Hybrid set, with editing and writing by Travis Vitello, with support from Virginia Ruiz, Ian McKenzie, Jihye Shin, Billy Beyer, McKinnie Sizemore, Kevin Comer, Peter Torres, Zach Foster, Alex Shaw, Taylor Harvey, and Sean PlatzerTOSSUPS1. The effects of a certain stimulus on these subjects were studied in a 1972 experiment by Friedrich and Stein, while these subjects were given electric shocks in a 1947 experiment by Lauretta Bender. Gibson and Walk worked with them in a 1960 experiment that involved placing a checkerboard cloth directly and four feet below the two ends of a Plexiglas sheet. Wendell Johnson attempted to condition the vocal behaviors of them in the so-called Monster Study, while Jane Elliott investigated the effects of segregating certain ones of them based on their physical features. Muzafer Sherif studied two groups of these subjects in his Robber’s Cave experiment, while Walter Mischel tested their delayed gratification ability in his Marshmallow Test. For ten points, name these subjects, one of whom was trained to fear white rats in John Watson’s Little Albert experiment.ANSWER: children (accept “babies”; prompt on “humans” or “students”; anti-prompt on specific children, like “boys” or “girls”)2. One character in this film is told that she “is in a land of wolves” and that she should “move to some small town, somewhere the rule of law still exists.” In one scene in this film, a police officer and the occupants of two cars are killed when a prisoner’s convoy is ambushed crossing the border back into El Paso. A man in it who does not work for the CIA later carries a jug of water into that prisoner’s interrogation cell, before proceeding to torture him for information on the drug-smuggling practices of Manuel Diaz. This 2015 film was criticized by the mayor of Juárez, Mexico, for its depiction of cartel murders in the city. For ten points, name this Denis Villeneuve film starring Emily Blunt and Benicio del Toro, whose title is the Spanish word for “hitman."ANSWER: Sicario3. One athlete born in this country wrote about his teammate Wilt Chamberlain in his post-NBA poetry career; that man was Tom Meschery. A player from this country was drafted in the first round of the 2007 NBA draft one spot ahead of former Florida Gator Corey Brewer. That player from this country led all players in rebounds at the 2012 Olympics, despite his team finishing in Group B with an 0-5 record and a total margin of victory of negative 126 points. In the latter half of 2014, Ron Artest signed with a team here, changing his name to one referencing this country’s wildlife. A former New York Knicks player whose parents were from this country had his name combined with the word “Insanity” during a streak in 2012. With the first pick of the 2002 NBA draft, the Houston Rockets signed a 7 foot 6 inch tall center from, for ten points, what country, the birthplace of Yi Jianlian and Yao Ming?ANSWER: People's Republic of China (or PRC)4. This artist is seen in a suit of red feathers in a portrait of him by Leonora Carrington, and Paul Eluard wrote the text of this artist’s work Les Malheurs des Immortels. In one piece, this man painted his alter-ego “presenting” Andre Breton, whom he also depicted in his work The Virgin Chastises the Infant Jesus before Three Witnesses. That alter-ego, the bird Loplop, also appeared in La Femme 100 ["sohn"] Têtes ["teht"] and Une semaine de bonté ["bohn"-"TEE"], examples of “collage novels,” a genre which this man is often credited as inventing. This creator of the grattage method, where wet paint is scraped from a canvas, was once married to Peggy Guggenheim. A headless female sculpture stands in front of a mechanical animal in his Elephant Celebes and he depicted an Alfred Jarry character as an architectural spinning toy in Ubu Imperator. For ten points, name this German Surrealist painter who created the work Two Children Are Threatened by a Nightingale.ANSWER: Max Ernst5. An excerpt from this song begins the “NOW! That’s What I Call Polka” medley from Weird Al’s Mandatory Fun, and the Gregory Brothers performed a country cover of this song. On the album where it appears, this song is followed by a Big Sean collaboration extolling the three title entities, “Love Money Party.” The singer claims to have “put you high up in the sky and now you’re not coming down” in this song, whose bridge begins “I never meant to start a war.” A Chatroulette parody of this song's music video has been viewed over 154 million times and features a bearded man in white undergarments suggestively dancing on a red couch. The line “don’t you ever say I just walked away / I will always want you” precedes the chorus of this song, whose video sees the singer lick a sledgehammer. For ten points, name this song, whose video features a naked Miley Cyrus swinging on the title demolition device.ANSWER: “Wrecking Ball”6. One of this president’s “controversial” decisions during his time in office was made in part due to the Copper Crisis. A speech by this man claimed that the “government will never consent” to Native Americans being defrauded, following the passage of the Indian Nonintercourse Act. A Naval Act signed by this president authorized the construction of frigates such as the Chesapeake and the Constitution. Oliver Wolcott, Jr. was this man’s last Secretary of the Treasury and Edmund Randolph was his first Attorney-General, and this president issued the Proclamation of Neutrality. A law signed by this president sparked an uprising in western Pennsylvania known as the Whiskey Rebellion, and he earlier served as a Colonel during the failed Braddock Expedition to take Fort Duquesne. For ten points, name this General, the only U.S. President who was not affiliated with a political party. ANSWER: George Washington7. In one work by this author, Sita seeks advice from the hermit Kamadamana to identify her real husband after reviving Shridaman and Nanda and accidentally switching their heads. In another work by this author, the title character argues with the painter Lizaveta and falls in love with both Hans Hansen and Ingeborg Holm. Those works by this author are The Transposed Heads and Tonio Kr?ger. Another of this author’s characters pretends to be upset when his luggage is lost, forcing him to stay a little longer at the Hotel des Bains; that character witnesses a fight between Jasiu and a character with whom he is obsessed before passing away in his beach chair from eating over-ripe strawberries. For ten points, name this author who wrote about Gustav von Aschenbach's love for the Polish boy Tadzio in Death in Venice. ANSWER: Thoman Mann???8. The Johnny Tillotson track "You Can Never Stop Me Loving You" had a B-side song which mentioned this name three times in its title. In a 1963 song titled for a woman with this first name, the singer’s “tears fell like raindrops ‘cause” her “smile was so mean”, but the titular time has come “‘cause Johnny’s come back to me.” Cypress Hill’s “Armada Latina” samples a song about a woman with this name who reminds the singer of Cuba and is described as “la Reina de la Mar Caribe.” A singer with this name was the first to record Joni Mitchell’s “Both Sides Now.” An actress with this name sang “The Trolley Song” in a 1944 movie but is better known for a song that describes a place where “troubles melt like lemon drops / way above the chimney tops." For ten points give this first name of the actress who performed “Somewhere Over The Rainbow” as Dorothy in The Wizard Of Oz. ANSWER: Judy (accept "Judy, Judy, Judy" or “Judy’s Turn To Cry” or “Suite: Judy Blue Eyes” or Judy Collins or Judy Garland)9. Work by Tsui and colleagues allowed this disease to be identified via positional cloning. This disease was provided a heterozygous advantage to cholera and tuberculosis. Pilocarpine ion-to-phor-e-sis can be used to induce physiological responses to aid in screening for this disease. The deletion of a phenyl-al-anine codon at position 508 on a protein whose gene is encoded on chromosome 7 is caused by this disease’s namesake transmembrane conductance receptor. Hyperplasia of goblet cells occurs due to this disease. Nearly all affected males with this disease are rendered infertile due to a congenital absence of the vas deferens. For ten points, name this genetic disorder in which a mutation in a chloride ion channel leads to salty sweat as well as buildup of mucus in the lungs.ANSWER: cystic fibrosis (or CF)10. A Hearthstone card named for an angry one of these animals gains +5 attack when enraged, while Broffina and Ken are villagers of this type that were introduced in Animal Crossing: New Leaf. The player attempts to catch falling objects while pushing a basket in a 1982 Atari game named for one of them. One of these animals appears when Tryndamere uses his Mocking Shout ability in League of Legends. The Leeroy Jenkins video in World of Warcraft ends with Jenkins stating that “at least I have” this animal. An artificial one of them featuring a pulley is used in The Secret of Monkey Island. In The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, attacking a creature resembling this animal causes a large group of them to appear and attack Link. The most basic animals in Harvest Moon are cows, sheep, and, for ten points, what egg-laying barnyard fowls on which the Pokemon Torchic is based?ANSWER: chickens (prompt on “cucco”)11. A one-line BASIC program for drawing one of these things is often referred to as “10 PRINT.” In the interactive fiction game Colossal Cave Adventure, two of these things are distinguished by whether certain components are “all alike” or “all different.” In Ursula Le Guin’s Tombs of Atuan, Tenar traps Ged in one of these things. One of these things appears in the title of another novel in which the telepathic Teresa helps Thomas and the other Gladers escape from an experiment conducted by W.I.C.K.E.D., and an axe-wielding Jack Torrance chases Danny through one of these things made of plants at the end of Stanley Kubrick's film The Shining. For ten points, name these constructs that title a James Dashner young-adult novel about a certain type of “runner.” ANSWER: mazes (accept "labyrinths" before "runner")????12. The founder of this dynasty allegedly used a cart drawn by goats to decide which women with whom he would have sex. Another ruler of this dynasty was captured by the Xiongnu in an event that saw 30,000 people in Luoyang massacred; that event was known as the Disaster of Yongjia. Concerns over who would be regent for a developmentally disabled ruler of this dynasty sparked the War of the Eight Princes. This dynasty’s Western period ended following the Wu Hu uprising, sometimes known as the Uprising of the Five Barbarians, which established the Sixteen Kingdoms. This dynasty’s Western Division was founded by Sima Yan, while its Eastern Division was founded by Sima Rui. For ten points, name this dynasty which lasted from 265 to 420 AD and which unified China following the Three Kingdoms period. ANSWER: Jin Dynasty or Tsin Dynasty13. One character on this show describes his sister as "the family drama queen" because she has "laughed out loud," and he recalls sneaking into his father's study as a child to view his collection of antique globes. A Halloween episode of this show revolves around one character trying to steal a crown, but is thwarted by his coworker dressed as a janitor. Another character in this show recalls how his first partner was homophobic, but not racist, which was “pretty good back then.” One character in this show goes undercover in the mafia for 62 days, where he is dismayed to receive the nickname "Jakey Ladyhands." Andy Samberg and Terry Crews star on, for ten points, what Fox sitcom about a police precinct in the title New York City borough?ANSWER: Brooklyn Nine-Nine14. This poet wrote about a figure who “knew human folly like the back of his hand” and whose discontent causes “the little children” to die in the streets. Another poem by this author of “Epitaph on a Tyrant” mentions the “pedantic boring cry” of “fashionable madmen” and describes the central figure as “mortal, guilty, but to me, / The entirely beautiful.” This poet of “Lullaby” wrote that “poetry makes nothing happen: it survives / In the valley of its making” in a poem whose last section notes that, “In the nightmare of the dark / All the dogs of Europe bark.” That poem tells the title figure how he was “silly like us; your gift survived it all” and mentions a “dark cold day” when the title figure “disappeared in the dead of winter.” For ten points, name this poet of “In Memory of W. B. Yeats” and “Musée des Beaux Arts." ANSWER: W(ystan) H(ugh) Auden15. In Thomas Bernhard’s The Force of Habit, the circus ringmaster Garibaldi has spent 22 years rehearsing this work. Its 2nd movement is an andante in 3/4 time in F major that shifts to F-sharp minor and D major plus G major as its 3 thematic elements, then transitions to A-flat major, A minor, and F major. That movement of this work is followed by a scherzo in this work’s principle key, while its 4th movement is an andantino in the subdominant D major. This work’s instrumentation was based on a similarly arranged piece by Johann Hummel and includes parts for piano, cello, viola, violin, and the double bass. The 4th movement of this work, which was commissioned by Sylvester Paumgartner, consists of 6 variations on the opening melody of a song inspired by a Christian Schubart poem that is set by a brook. Its composer’s Lied ["leed"], “Die Forelle,” [“Dee” “FOR”-“uh”-“luh”] inspired, for ten points, what Franz Schubert chamber five-some about a fish? ANSWER: Trout Quintet (also accept Franz Schubert's Piano Quintet in A major, D. 667; prompt on just “Trout”)????16. The 2011 version of this NCAA Division I [“one”] FBS bowl game saw the final bowl appearance by a squad led by Joe Paterno. This bowl game saw a victory for a team under then-first year Florida Gators coach Urban Meyer, and it would also be the last bowl game in which Meyer coached Florida during the post-season. A play during the 2013 iteration of this bowl game earned Jadeveon Clowney a "Best Play" ESPY for a brutal hit which dislodged the helmet of a Michigan Wolverine player in a 33-28 win by South Carolina. The 2016 iteration of this annual match-up between teams from the SEC and Big 10 conferences saw Tennessee crush Northwestern 45-6. Raymond James Stadium in Tampa hosts, for ten points, what college football bowl game whose outcome is traditionally tied to a promotion by its sponsor, an Australian-themed restaurant chain? ANSWER: Outback Bowl?17. The Irwin-Hall distribution is the sum of independent random variables with this distribution. The German Tank Problem seeks to estimate the maximum value for a discrete form of this distribution from sampling without replacement. The variance of a random variable with the continuous form of this distribution is the quantity b minus a times 2 over 12 for bounds a less than b, while its cumulative distribution function is the quantity x minus a over the quantity b minus a when x is between a and b. In computer science, pseudo-random number generation seeks to generate a value for a random variable with this distribution. For ten points, name this probability distribution in which every potential outcome occurs with equal probability.ANSWER: uniform distribution18. One character played by this man pitches his business with an advertisement that asks if you are a scientist or a chemistry professor, and then proceeds to peddle home furnishings. That same character, played by this man, offers an unconventional solution to help a businessman dispose of his surplus jewel cases. A different character portrayed by this actor is a nightclub owner from Venezuela who claims that he doesn't understand American humor before playing the drums and emotionally gazing at the audience. On another show, this man appears at a roller-skating rink and plays a ukulele to rekindle his character's romance with Lillian Kaushtupper on The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. Bryce Shivers, Fericito, and Bobby Durst are among the characters played by, for ten points, what actor, an SNL alum who stars alongside Carrie Brownstein on Portlandia?ANSWER: Fred Armisen (accept Fereydun Robert Armisen)19. One melody on this album caused its main performer to note that “the softer you play it, the stronger it gets.” A track on this album was inspired by the recording of a pig castrator whistling, while its final track is an “arrow of song” based on a folk piece about a woman witnessing a Holy Week procession. That song on this album includes an imitation of a Muslim muezzin performed by a solo trumpet and is titled “Saeta.” Later released on Directions, “Song of Our Country” was recorded during the sessions that also produced this album and, like “The Pan Piper” and “Solea,” was arranged by Gil Evans. This album’s 2nd track is adapted from the ballet El Amor Brujo ["BREW"- "ho"] by Manuel de Falla; that song from this album is “Will o’ the Wisp.” “Concierto de Aranjuez” is the opening track from, for ten points, what Miles Davis album released one year after Kind of Blue and which evokes the sounds of Iberia? ANSWER: Sketches of Spain????20. Geoffrey VI ["the sixth"] of Nantes once tried to kidnap a woman from this polity in 1152 while she was en route to Poitiers in order to claim her lands. This polity was first ruled by Felix, who was replaced after a revolt by Lupus I ["the first"]. A ruler of this polity helped Charles Martel win the Battle of Tours by setting fire to the main Umayyad camp. That ruler from here had defeated the Umayyads eleven years earlier at the Battle of Toulouse, which took place in this polity. John of Gaunt was granted this duchy during the Hundred Years War, which started in part due to a French claim on this place. For ten points, name this duchy whose duchess Eleanor was the wife of Henry II ["the second"] of England and mother of Richard the Lionheart. ANSWER: Duchy of Aquitaine (or Ducat d'Aquitània or Duché d'Aquitaine)BONUSES?1. The annihilation of this particle must be mediated by at least three gluons, leading to the suppression of its decay into hadrons due to the OZI rule. For ten points each:[10] Name this particle whose discovery won Richter and Ting the 1976 physics Nobel.ANSWER: J/psi meson[10] The J/psi meson consists of this quark and its antiquark. The strange quark and this one are considered second-generation quarks.ANSWER: charm quark[10] The OZI rule is a consequence of this theory, which explains interactions mediated by the strong force. Its name refers to a non-electric type of charge carried by quarks and gluons. Politzer, Wilczek and Gross won the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physics for their work in this field studying asymptotic freedom.ANSWER: quantum chromodynamics (or QCD)2. Answer the following about sci-fi series that were cancelled after only one season, for ten points each:[10] Nathan Fillion starred as Malcolm Reynolds, the captain of the Serenity, on this Joss Whedon series which was cancelled after one season.ANSWER: Firefly[10] This show featuring the creation of Cylons was cancelled with five episodes remaining unaired in the US, but had the full first season aired in Canada. It was intended as a prequel to Battlestar Galactica.ANSWER: Caprica[10] Fictional dinosaurs created by paleontologist Jack Horner were not enough to save this Fox show from extinction. It ended with a dinosaur being sent to the year 2149 to stop a mercenary group from capturing the title location.ANSWER: Terra Nova3. This country achieved independence from France in 1960, and was ruled by Blaise Compaoré from 1987 to 2014. For ten points each:[10] Name this West African country with its capital at Ouagadougou.ANSWER: Burkina Faso[10] Burkina Faso was formerly known by this name, which derives from a series of rivers that run through it.ANSWER: Republic of Upper Volta[10] Upper Volta’s name was changed by this President, who instituted a variety of left-wing reforms in the 1980s, such as widespread vaccination, expansion of infrastructure, and the promotion of women’s rights. This ruler was overthrown and killed by Compaoré in 1987.ANSWER: Thomas Sankara????????????4. This novel sees the Confederate States purchase Cuba from Spain after winning their independence. For ten points each:[10] Name this novel, the first in the Southern Victory series. A later war in this novel sees the state of Maine become part of New Brunswick.ANSWER: How Few Remain[10] How Few Remain was written by this “Master of Alternate History,” who also wrote a series depicting an alien invasion during World War II. He envisioned Confederate soldiers armed with AK-47s in his work The Guns of the South.ANSWER: Harry Turtledove[10] Another alternate history novel is The Man in the High Castle, which was written by this sci-fi author of A Scanner Darkly.ANSWER: Philip K. Dick5. This unexpected quality originated because the code for the game was not able to handle negative numbers. For ten points each:[10] Name this attribute of a certain leader in the Civilization series. In the original, this character was so pacifistic that adopting Democracy caused his aggression to go to negative one, prompting him to engage in this activity in the modern era.ANSWER: Gandhi’s tendency to use nuclear bombs (accept equivalents that involve Gandhi and nuking things; prompt on partial answer)[10] This game designer was responsible for the Civilization series. He has included his name in the title of many of his games, including Alpha Centauri and Pirates!.ANSWER: Sid Meier[10] Meier’s company, MicroProse, published this Scottish designer’s Transport Tycoon in 1994 despite its similarity to Meier’s own Railroad Tycoon. This man is best known for the Roller Coaster Tycoon series.ANSWER: Chris Sawyer6. Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. is a spinoff of this show. For ten points each:[10] Name this 1960s CBS sitcom which had a whistling theme song titled “The Fishin’ Hole.” This show revolves around a widowed sheriff played by the title actor and his bumbling deputy Barney Fife.ANSWER: The Andy Griffith Show[10] The Andy Griffith Show is set in this fictional North Carolina town.ANSWER: Mayberry, North Carolina[10] Don Knotts, who played Barney Fife, also played Ralph Furley on this 1970s sitcom. Jack Tripper pretends to be gay on this show so that Mr. Roper will allow him to live in a co-ed apartment.ANSWER: Three’s Company?7. This man appeared on a record 99.32% of ballots cast for election to the Baseball Hall of Fame. For ten points each:[10] Name this former outfielder who played for the Mariners and Reds. He won 10 Gold Glove awards for his defense and has the sixth-most home runs in MLB history with 630.ANSWER: Ken Griffey, Jr. (prompt on “(Ken) Griffey“)[10] Description acceptable. A month prior to his retirement, Griffey was involved in this scandal that occurred in the Mariners’ clubhouse. Larry Larue first reported this scandal.ANSWER: Napgate (accept answers describing Griffey and falling asleep during a game)[10] Before his return, Griffey spent the last two months of the 2008 season with this team after a deadline trade. Griffey often played alongside Jermaine Dye and Nick Swisher in this team’s outfield.ANSWER: Chicago White Sox (prompt on just "Chicago" or just "Sox")8. Answer some questions about solubility, for ten points each:[10] An insoluble product of an aqueous reaction will remain as a solid in the liquid solution, with this term naming the solid that forms.ANSWER: precipitate[10] Chlorine, bromine, and iodine salts are typically soluble except for those that contain lead ["led"], mercury, or this element. This element’s nitrate was commonly used for making photographic film.ANSWER: silver[10] The precipitation of silver oxide via the addition of sodium hydroxide is an intermediate step in creating this compound, an aqueous solution of silver nitrate and ammonia.ANSWER: Tollens’ reagent9. Some versions of this artist’s album Moonshine in the Trunk credit one song to this artist featuring himself, since that track samples one of his earlier compositions. For ten points each:[10] Name this country artist whose song “4WP” samples “Mud on the Tires.” He also recorded a duet with Alison Krauss titled “Whiskey Lullaby.”ANSWER: Brad Paisley[10] The music video to this Paisley song from Moonshine in the Trunk features a number of animated country singers fighting “alien robot beer cans.” This song’s title refers to an activity that can be performed on the “third can of cold Bud Light."ANSWER: “Crushin’ It”[10] Another single off of Moonshine in the Trunk is this song, which lists a number of college football mascots to describe the diversity of the title concept.ANSWER: “Country Nation”10. Answer some questions about Netflix original programming. For ten points each:[10] The western comedy The Ridiculous 6 It was co-written by and starred this actor, who also appeared in Pixels and Hotel Transylvania 2.ANSWER: Adam Sandler[10] This television-turned-movie character's Big Holiday premiered on Netflix in 2016; this character is portrayed by Paul Reubens.ANSWER: Pee-Wee Herman (accept either underlined portion)[10] This comedian's standup special “I'm Gonna Die Alone (And I Feel Fine)” premiered on Netflix in 2015. She played Oney Judge, Martha Washington's "favorite" slave on Drunk History.ANSWER: Jennifer Ann "Jen" Kirkman?11. The first work mentioning this womanizer was written by Tirso de Molina. For ten points each:[10] Name this man, also the subject of plays by Jose Zorilla and Molière. The original play featuring this man ends with his death and lack of salvation, while Zorilla’s ends with this man receiving a divine pardon.ANSWER: Don Juan[10] Anthony Powell contrasts Don Juan with this other archetypal womanizer, claiming that Don Juan only wanted power. This Venetian wrote his Histoire de ma Vie’ while serving as a librarian at the court of Count Waldstein of Bohemia.ANSWER: Giacomo Casanova[10] Casanova appears in a dream sequence in this Tennessee Williams play. This play sees Esmeralda’s virginity restored before being lost again.ANSWER: Camino Real12. Answer some questions about 20th century artists, for ten points each:[10] This artist, the mentor of Kahlil Gibran, produced the works Ebony and Ivory, Menelek, and an Orpheus series. He was his own model for his work The Seven Last Words.ANSWER: Fred Holland Day[10] This contemporary of Day was the husband of Georgia O’Keeffe, and proprietor of the 291 Gallery. This man's work The Steerage depicts lower-class travelers boarding a steamer.ANSWER: Alfred Stieglitz[10] Both Day and Stieglitz were artists who worked in this medium, also the primary medium of Diane Arbus.ANSWER: photography (accept clear-knowledge equivalents)13. This offensive took place after Germany had knocked Russia out of World War I [“one”] and wanted to defeat the Allies on the Western front before American troops arrived. For ten points each:[10] Name this offense that Germany launched March 21, 1918. The first part of this offensive was Operation Michael.ANSWER: Spring Offensive (or Kaiserschlacht or Kaiser’s Battle)[10] This German Quartermaster general orchestrated the Spring Offensive. This man had seen success earlier in the war at the Battle of Liege and the Battle of Tannenberg.ANSWER: Erich Friedrich Wilhelm Ludendorff [10] This term was used to describe the German leaders who signed a certain 1918 armistice. A key part of the so-called “stab-in-the-back myth," this term was later incorporated into Nazi propaganda criticizing the legitimacy of the Weimar Republic.ANSWER: November Criminals (or Novemberverbrecher)14. An XKCD comic about song titles fitting the category of “lesbian voyeurism one-hit wonder mash-up” suggested a song about this person having a romantic encounter with Stacy’s Mom. For ten points each:[10] Name this title person from a Rick Springfield song. That song’s chorus ends with the line “Where can I find a woman like that?”ANSWER: “Jessie’s Girl”[10] Another song referenced in that XKCD comic was this one, which begins when "poor old Johnny Ray / Sounded sad upon the radio." This song describes a person with a “pretty red dress” who makes the speaker’s thoughts “verge on dirty."ANSWER: “Come on Eileen”[10] “Come on Eileen” was a hit for this pop group, who also achieved success with their track “Geno."ANSWER: Dexy’s Midnight Runners15. Penetti Eskola’s ACF diagram was designed to explain this process. For ten points each:[10] Name this process in which the rock microstructure of a protolith changes. This process can create schist, gneiss, and other examples of a namesake type of rock.ANSWER: metamorphism (accept word forms like metamorphosis)[10] This term describes the layering seen in metamorphic rocks that are exposed to shear or pressure differentials during metamorphosis. This term describes the banding observed in gneiss.ANSWER: foliation [10] The darker bands in gneiss are relatively mafic, meaning that they are rich in magnesium and this other metal.ANSWER: iron16. The modern form of this concept was first proposed in a work written by Guido Terrena around 1328. For ten points each:[10] Name this Catholic dogma that applies to a certain figure’s ex cathedra statements concerning faith or morals.ANSWER: papal infallibility[10] Papal infallibility is an example of this theological concept, involving the interpretation of Scripture and Tradition. It is usually defined as the teaching authority of the Church.ANSWER: Magisterium[10] The immorality of abortion is an example of this type of Magisterium, which does not involve solemn declarations but is still considered infallible.ANSWER: ordinary and universal (accept answers in either order; prompt on “sacred” or “universal”; do not prompt on or accept just “ordinary”)17. An official statement by Hasbro claimed that their decision to overlook this Star Wars character was made to avoid spoilers. For ten points each:[10] Name this character from a 2015 movie who was controversially not among those playable in a themed version of a certain board game. A Twitter hashtag made in protest asked "Where’s [this character]?" ANSWER: Rey[10] Rey first encounters BB-8 on this desert planet. The Niima Outpost, founded by a Hut, is considered the only major settlement on this planet.ANSWER: Jakku[10] Another explanation for the lack of Rey merchandise was the belief that the villain Kylo Ren would be more popular among fans; that character was played by this actor, who also appeared opposite Lena Dunham on Girls.ANSWER: Adam Driver18. Answer the following about World Games sports, for ten points each:[10] Following a doping scandal, this sport was removed from the program for the 2013 World Games. Competitors in this sport vie for titles like “Mr. Universe” and “Mr. Olympia."ANSWER: bodybuilding[10] The 2013 World Games saw South Africa win a World Games gold in this form of rugby, which will be added to the Olympics in 2016.ANSWER: rugby sevens (prompt on “rugby union”)[10] This World Games sport features a “Sprint” competition with winning times usually around 15 minutes. Competitors in this sport often make use of a map and a compass.ANSWER: orienteering19. Before settling on this show, Max Bialystock dismissed a production of Kafka’s The Metamorphosis. For ten points each: [10] Name this musical, which was designed to be a flop. The title character of this musical is played flamboyantly by Roger De Bris.ANSWER: Springtime for Hitler: A Gay Romp with Adolf and Eva at Berchtesgaden[10] Springtime for Hitler appeared in this film and its later remake. This film was made into a musical starring Matthew Broderick.ANSWER: The Producers[10] The original film The Producers was directed by this man, who would later go on to direct Blazing Saddles and Spaceballs.ANSWER: Mel Brooks20. A major anti-corruption campaign has been ongoing in this country since 2012. For ten points each:[10] Name this country, where over 100 high-ranking officials have been indicted on corruption charges in the past four years. This country’s government has pursued the anti-corruption fight based on an “Eight-Point Guide”.ANSWER: People’s Republic of China (or PRC)[10] This General Secretary of the Communist Party of China has spearheaded that anti-corruption campaign. This man has been China’s leader since 2012, when he succeeded Hu Jintao.ANSWER: Xi Jinping[10] This former General in the People’s Liberation Army was one of the highest-profile figures arrested in the campaign. This man was charged with accepting bribes in return for promotions, but died of bladder cancer before he could be tried.ANSWER: Xu Caihou ................
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