had no spirit or soul. In Greek mythology, Hephaestus creates one of these people, and Zeus describes that person as a "beautiful evil." Epimetheus marries one of this kind of people, who is best known for releasing all evil into the world through her namesake "box". For 10 points, name this kind of mythological progenitor exemplified in various traditions by Embla, Pandora, and Eve. ANSWER: first woman (accept reasonable equivalents, such as female protoplasts, as long as they mention “female”; accept Eve figures or equivalents until Eve is mentioned; prompt on partial answers)

13. A 2005 effort rediscovered some of this scientist’s early papers, including a Master’s thesis on the “Dampening of Electrical Oscillations”. After a year working in Paris collecting data for Marie Curie, this individual married former McGill colleague Frank Pitcher. This physicist’s work with actinium helped establish the curve of decay for very short exposures, and also created the “recoil” method of elemental separation. This woman correctly hypothesized that thorium “emanation” was a gas with a lower atomic weight than thorium itself, providing early evidence for nuclear transmutation, while also demonstrating the possibility of successive radioactive decays. For 10 points name this early Canadian nuclear physicist, who worked with Ernest Rutherford on the discovery of radon. ANSWER: Harriet Brooks (Accept Harriet Brooks Pitcher)

14. One work commissioned by a group of Philadelphia abolitionists shows this figure presenting books and examples of art and science to a group of freed slaves. This figure appears in one painting holding a tricolor flag in her right hand and a gun with a bayonet in her left. That painting, by Eugene Delacroix, is believed to have influenced Victor Hugo's novel Les Miserables. For ten points, what is this concept, most famously portrayed in a namesake copper statue in New York Harbor? ANSWER: Liberty 15. This person beat Matt Salmon to become Governor of Arizona in 2002, having previously been the state’s Attorney General. While Governor, this individual set a record for bills vetoed and received acclaim by restructuring Arizona’s student loan program. This person spoke at the 2000 Democratic National Convention despite having a double mastectomy three weeks earlier. In her most well-known position, this woman created the Secure Communities program, and caused controversy after an interview where she claimed that “the system worked”. This woman also instituted “enhanced pat downs” for air travel and reformed FEMA as the head of its parent agency. Currently President of the University of California, for 10 points name this woman, the 3rd United States Secretary of Homeland Security. ANSWER: Janet Napolitano [na-POL-eh-TAWN-o]

16. This person is first seen watching a solo game, and later on this person is described as "ghastly" due to the rouge she is wearing. This character is described as "a woman dearer than all the world" in the work in which she appears, and in that work this character watches a stranger who plays the piano "with talon hands". The narrator guesses that this woman was “true as Heaven is true”, and that “her love was a devil’s lie”. This character is said to have both kissed the stranger and "pinched his poke". "The man from the creeks lay clutched to the breast" of this character after "two guns blazed in the dark", and a piano piece in the work in which this character appears is meant to resemble the "North Lights". For 10 points, name this character, a pioneer woman loved by prospectors in a Robert Service poem. ANSWER: the lady that's known as Lou

17. This island’s highest point is Mount Gimie, while the Sulphur Springs are located near the southwest corner of this island. Much of this island’s farming takes place near the Roseau River in the Anse la Raye area, and this island was devastated by Hurricane Tomas in 2010. Part of the Windward Islands, Tapion Rock guards the entrance to Port Castries here, while the Qualibou volcano erupted in 1766, to form this country’s two Pitons. The Maria Islands are off this island’s southern tip, while its largest city sits on Choc Bay. The first European settlement in this country was named “Vieux Fort”, while this island’s capital city is located in a namesake “quarter”. For 10 points name this Caribbean island country with capital at Castries, named for Lucy of Syracuse. ANSWER: Saint Lucia (do not accept or prompt on partial answer)

18. In humans, the synthesis of this compound begins in the theca interna cells, through the synthesis of androstenedione from cholesterol. This compound is thought to protect against heart diseases, and also has