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Fuck This Packet 2016Opus 4: The ‘80’s Called: It Wants Its Trash Packet BackTechnical Notes: The Powers are just there for fun and are not necessary. There is only one tiebreaker per packet, so read a previously unread bonuses if there is still a tie after tossup 21.TOSSUPS1. (Music) This man, though mainly known for his work as a musician, proved his talent for voice acting by providing the voice for Donnie in the Wild Thornberrys. In a 1998 movie, this man proclaims “It’s not fair!” after torching the protagonist’s car, to which a character replies “Who’s the fucking nihilists around here?” The Back to the Future franchise features cameos by many different musicians, including one by this man whose schemes twice have disastrous consequences for Marty McFly. This musician and his band played alongside Bruno Mars at Super Bowl 48. For 10 points, name this musician and part-time actor, most famous for being the bassist of the Red Hot Chili Peppers.Answer: Flea (accept Michael Peter Balzary)2. This man was forbidden from going on Adam Carolla’s podcast by Disney. The award winning film critic Wesley Morris wrote on a website that featured this man. In a book by this sports writer, Tim Duncan was called the 7th greatest player of all time, which was one spot ahead of Kobe Bryant. On a podcast, this man, who has owned Clippers season tickets, called NFL commissioner Roger Goodell a liar over the Ray Rice scandal. After that podcast, this writer was suspended by ESPN. On his podcast, this creator of The Ewing Theory speaks with friends like Malcolm Gladwell, Jack O., Cousin Sal, and his wrestling loving son. The schtick of this columnist revolves around his “homer” and “average sports fan” appeal. In 2016, this man started working for HBO. For 10 points, name this creator of Grantland who loves Boston sports teams. Answer: Bill Simmons (prompt on “BS”)3. (Movies) In this film, the protagonist says he is from South China which is why his Chinese supervisor cannot understand his dialect. This film has an impressive 9% on Rotten Tomatoes which is perhaps due to one reviewer’s comments that “It's the kind of movie where every paying customer deserves to receive a handwritten apology from the producers.” The protagonist in this film owes a debt to the kilt-wearing Scottish mafia. In this movie’s hilariously awful opening sequence, the protagonist speaks of “stinky dinkies” and pretends to be racist caricatures of an Asian man and Count Dracula while in the shower. This movie’s semi-legitimate plot is adapted from “The Most Dangerous Game” and is about how the protagonist must avoid the murderous German businessman Gustav Shank for 24 hours. For 10 points, identify this 1997 cinematic magnus opus featuring John Leguizamo. Answer: The Pest4. (VG) The “Handcuff Glitch” exists in an early version in this game series which could freeze a target. Another minor glitch is nicknamed a character’s “Seizure”. In the 2015 finals for a game from this series, Kazunoko defeated “The Beast” Daigo Umehara. The first game in this series contains British enemies like Birdie and Eagle. One of the most famous players of this game series is Justin Wong. There was a crossover game between this game series and Tekken. The plot of that game revolved around the cubical box called Pandora. Popular characters from this game series include Ken, Chun-Li and a character who uses the Shoryuken, Ryu. For 10 points, identify this 2-D Capcom series where players battle each other. Answer: The Street Fighter series (accept any specific Street Fighter game) 5. (TV) In a Season 2 episode of this show, one character dates a man who likes to watch porn during sex. A character gets sexually involved with their lawyer in another season. This show, created by Darren Starr, had a recurring role for our good friend, the actor Evan Handler, who portrayed that sexy lawyer on this show. A prequel to this show ran from 2012-2013 and starred Anna Sophia Robb. That prequel was called The Carrie Diaries. The movie spinoffs of this TV show were horribly received, but Jennifer Hudson plays Carrie’s assistant in the movie. This TV show starred Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon, and Sarah Jessica Parker. For 10 points, identify this HBO dramedy where women in their 30s and 40s discuss relationships and love.Answer: Sex and the City6. (Misc) On a 2001 episode of Loveline, this comedian made fun of Adam Carolla for doing the show instead of going to a bar. This guy said that Black Lives Matter protesters were “fucking idiots” in a 2016 episode. The New New Rules: A Funny Look At How Everybody But Me Has Their Head Up Their Ass was a book written by this man which talked about gay Republicans being outed at the convention. This former host of Politically Incorrect once decided to smoke weed on a live broadcast in order to support the legalization of pot. Salman Rushdie has appeared on this man’s television program and partially agreed with this man on Iran and theocracy. Ben Affleck got infuriated at this man and Sam Harris for their opinion on Islam and mentioned that “we’ve killed more Muslims than they’ve killed us”. For 10 points, name this atheist host of HBO’s Real Time. Answer: Bill Maher 7. (Movies) Editor's note: this tossup was meant to be annoying to read and this is barely a quiz bowl question. We kept in for the lolz.The year is 2005, and you are strolling through a Blockbuster Video, looking for a movie to rent on a Saturday night. In the Rom-Com section, you come across this movie, which, based on its stellar cast of Matthew McConaughey, Kate Beckinsale, Patricia Arquette, and Gary Oldman, you decide to rent. You start to realize your mistake, however, after Beckinsale’s character, Carol, is shocked when she realizes that her fiance Steve’s entire family consists of little people. The central plot of this movie unfolds as Carol and Steve debate, yes, debate, over whether they will be able to raise their expected child even though it will probably not be the preferred size. Along this wild ride, you witness a progressively more insane cast of characters, including Steve’s twin brother, also a little person, played by an as always spectacular Gary Oldman. Peter Dinklage is the Marxist Anarchist Maurice that is dating Patricia Arquette. You will also see David Allen Grier, who plays Jerry Robin Jr.—a character whose entire subplot consists of following his desire to have sex with little people. You have been watching, for 10 points, this 2003 movie, which ends with Steve, whose entire family consists of little people, deciding he is unable to raise a child that will be a little person.Answer: Tiptoes 8. (Music) One unusual audio effect used in this song is called “telephone burbles” which removed frequencies except around the 1000 hertz mark. This song is briefly referenced in Anchorman by Will Ferrell after he plays a riff from it on his jazz flute. The album that shares its name with this song also features songs such as “Cross Eyed Mary” and “Locomotive Breath”. This song is supposedly about our perception of the homeless, and the wife of flute player and vocalist Jeannie gets fifty percent of the royalties of this song after she divorced Ian Anderson because she helped write it. The singer of this song feels like “a dead duck” and the subject of this song eyes “little girls with bad intent”. For 10 points, identify this Jethro Tull song about a man “sitting on a park bench”. Answer: “Aqualung”9. (Internet) In the meme YouTube video “Baneposting Squad - Comic-Con First Look [HD]” a member of this e-celebrity groups says “now back to 9/11”. In one video, this YouTube channel watches old women dance “The Osteoporosis Dance” but they can’t help but laugh. Other non-PC moments from this group include one where they add homoerotic subtext to a VHS tape about doing home stunts. This channel had interviewed d-list celebrities like Matt Hannon of Samurai Cop fame and also sat down with the clown director Max Landis. Recently, this group put out the Tommy Wiseau-esque movie Space Cop. The most popular videos from this channel include a subplot where Nadine is kidnapped by the narrator of the videos. That narrator loves hot pockets and swears he didn’t kill his wife for the insurance money. For 10 points, name this channel featuring Jay, Mike and Rich who released the accurate and cynical “Plinkett” Star Wars Prequel Reviews. Answer: Red Letter Media (accept “RLM”, anti-prompt on “Jay”, “Rich”, “Mike”, “Jack”, and “Jessie”)10. In the 80s, this team was slapped with scholarship losses and this team’s ‘87 and ‘88 NCAA tournament appearances were erased because Vernon Maxwell was ineligible. Former coach Norm Sloan was forced to resign. In 93-94 this team lead by players such as Andrew DeClercq and Dametri Hill lost 70-65 to Duke in the National semifinal. Former New York Knick and Golden State Warrior David Lee attended this school until he was drafted in 2005. Other players who played at this school include Mike Miller, Udonis Haslem, Chandler Parsons and Patrick Young. This team defeated Ohio State in the NCAA Finals the same year this school’s football team also defeated Ohio State in the BCS Championship. This team won back-to-back championships under the leadership of players like Joakim Noah and Al Horford. For 10 points, identify this SEC school that was coached by Billy Donovan until he became the coach of the Thunder in 2015. Answer: The University of Florida Gators (prompt on “UF” and “Gators”)11. (VG) One review of this game’s DLC praises the “steamy dialogue” that comes about after the player has earned an S rank with an ally of the opposite gender. Classes from this game include Troubadour, Butcher, Maid and Kitsune. This game originally featured a petting minigame and an alleged “gay conversion” but these elements were removed from the Western release. The plot of this game revolves around a character born into Hoshido Royalty who fights against the Hoshido by accepting the tasks of the big winter coat man Garon. This game was released in Japan in June 2015, but because Nintendo is biased, wasn’t released in America until February 2016. Like in the Awakening version of this same game series, the player can customize the avatar. This includes picking between a male or female avatar. Spoiler alert: the protagonist in this game is part dragon. For 10 points, give the name of this tactical 3DS RPG where that protagonist is named Corrin.Answer: Fire Emblem: Fates (prompt on “Fire Emblem”, accept specific episodes from the game like “Birthright”, “Conquest”, and “Revelation” prompt on a Japanese title and ask the player to translate it. Google their translation...) 12. (Misc) Veronica Avluv, Francesca Le, and Nina Hartley are all said to have this title. The most famous person described by this term was surprised that so many younger boys knew who she was. That same actress did a porn parody where she pretended to be Sarah Palin. This term was famously used before one character asks another to quiet down because he is trying to have sex with a hot girl. That scene takes place in American Pie. Some people argue about the first part of this term and debate if people like Christina Hendricks can be called this. Lisa Ann is often said to be a good example of one of these. For 10 points name this acronym that describes an attractive older woman.Answer: MILF13. (TV) On the TV show Brothers and Sisters this actor plays a Republican senator who is married to Kitty Walker. In one role, this actor plays a sociopath who fucks with a wimpy character played by James Spader. That film is Bad Influence. This actor wears an eye patch in Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery. In one commercial, this actor plays a man who pushes his high school trophies because he “peaked in high school”. On one NBC show, this actor plays a character who is Deputy White House Communications Director while the Martin Sheen played Josiah Bartlett is President. FTP, who is the actor mentioned in this question who starred as Sam Seaborn in The West Wing and Chris Traeger in Parks and Recreation?Answer: Rob Lowe14. (Sports) A record 4,483,350 fans saw this team in their inaugural season even though this team sucked. Andres Galarraga did win the batting title that season for this team. In their most successful season, the pitching staff was led by Jeff Francis, Aaron Cook and the always “dirty” Brian Fuentes. This team was managed by an incompetent boob who Keith Law said “did nothing well” and “makes me want to stab my eye out”. Jim Tracey was that manager, but now this club is managed by Walt Weiss. In 2007, this team went on a miraculous September and October run and won 21 out of 22 games before finally being stopped by the Boston Red Sox. Matt Holliday won the NL batting title that season. This team’s stadium Coors Field is known for its shitty pitchers and homers. Thus, it is called a hitters friendly park. Current players for this team include Nolan Arenado, Jose Reyes and Carlos Gonzalez. For 10 points, identify this NL West franchise based in Denver. Answer: Colorado Rockies (accept either but do NOT accept “Denver” at any point) 15. (Music) In a music video for one of this man’s songs, people drink on top of dollar bills on a boat while helicopters use sonar systems. A film about this man was directed by George Tillman Jr. and was released in 2009. Eminem appeared on a song by this man that included the lyrics “Suckin' on the tits! Had the hooker beggin' for the dick/And your moms ain't ugly love, my dick got rock quick”. That song is “Dead Wrong”. Some people believe that Good Guy Greg Suge Knight was irritated by the release of “Who Shot Ya”, which was a song made by this artist. This rapper is famous for singles such as “Juicy” and “Mo Money, Mo Problems”. This East Coast rapper had a beef with West Coast rappers such as Tupac. For 10 points, give the name of the rapper, killed in 1997, who posthumously released Life After Death. Answer: The Notorious B.I.G. (accept Biggie Smalls, and Christopher George Latore Wallace) 16. (TV) The original opening theme of this show featured a dragon fighting a knight and a dog turning into a star. The opening theme song was funked up in a later version, and the opening credits’ production value greatly increased. An app bearing the name of this show was released in 2012 for IPad and Kindle Fire. Seth MacFarlane, riding high off of the rousing success of A Million Ways To Die in the West, donated $1,000,000 to a kickstarter campaign in 2014 to expand that app onto Android and into thousands of classrooms. This show is the third longest running show in its channel’s history, behind Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood and Sesame Street. For ten points, identify this PBS show hosted by Kunta Kinte.Answer: Reading Rainbow 17. (Movies) In an interview on Conan, the star of this scene revealed that, during a rehearsal of this scene, several background dancers had stuffed their leotards with fake pubic hair as a prank on that star. The singer of the song that plays over this scene sings “I found my mind in a brown paper bag” and that he “tripped on a cloud and fell-a eight miles high” in a song that was intended to be a warning against the use of LSD, a subject appropriate for the scene. This scene is a faux-pornographic film, directed by a man who “treats objects like women, man”. During one part of this scene, the main character, dressed in a mechanic’s outfit with cut-off sleeves, accepts a pair of gold and silver shoes from Saddam Hussein. For 10 points, name this Jackie Treehorn production and second dream sequence in the Coen Brothers’ 1998 film The Big Lebowski.Answer: Gutterballs (Accept “The second dream sequence in the Big Lebowski” or equivalents before mentioned. Prompt on “dream sequence” or anything mentioning“Big Lebowski”)18. (VG) Two young secret agents named Handel and Greta must be reunited by this character in the second game he appeared in. David Spade voices the friend of this character in the reboot series of this character’s game. Elijah Wood of Eternal Sunshine fame voices this character in the reboot. This character was most recently featured in a Skylanders game. Bosses defeated by this character include the stubby dinosaur Ripto, Malefor and Gnasty Gnorc. This character names the first game he appeared in where the player must fuck up some chickens and free this character’s elders from stone statues. In a game this character appeared in, subtitled “The Cortex Conspiracy”, Crash Bandicoot teams up with this character. Sparx advises this creatures and travels with FTP what purple dragon that debuted on the Playstation? Answer: Spyro the Dragon 19. This player picked off Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre and returned his pass 85 yards for a touchdown in 2007. In 2014, this player stepped down from his so-called “analyst” position at Fox Sports 1 to spend more time with his family. This frightening bald player was a consensus All-American in 1999 while he attended New Mexico University. This player owns his franchise’s tackle record with 1,353 tackles. During his only Super Bowl season, this player played on a team that featured Lance Briggs at the same position as this player. That 2006/2007 season team also featured receiver Bernard Berrian, running back Thomas Jones, and Rex Grossman. This defensive player once called out Jay Cutler. For 10 points, identify this former Chicago Bears linebacker. Answer: Brian Urlacher20. (Music) The Daily Beast's James Joiner said this song was a “howling bastard child of every hard rock trope from the last 30 years, a modern day “We Will Rock You” sans originality or actual testosterone.” The music video for this song features a hooded man who looks like Obi Wan Kenobi walking around a medieval market. Gladiators and lions are also in the music video for this song for some reason. The singer of this song calls the listener a “cherry blossom” because they are “about to bloom”. This annoying song was everywhere in 2014 including on ESPN college football broadcasts. The album that this song appeared on, American Beauty/American Psycho, included other songs like “Uma Thurman” and “Immortals”. For 10 points, name this grating Fallout Boy song where the singer says “Remember me for…Answer: “Centuries” TB. Coming out of Leuzinger High School, this player was only a 3 star recruit. As a result, he was Darren Collison’s backup at UCLA. This player was part of the 2010 FIBA championship winning squad in Istanbul along with his best known teammate. In the 2013 Playoffs, this player was sidelined—no pun intended—by the Rockets’ Patrick Beverly. Skip Bayless used to constantly berate this player for his ball hoggish ways. Bayless argued that this player should not have won the super important 2015 All Star Game MVP. Some say this player looks like Bodie from the Wire. This guard is known for his insane aggression and his penchant for accumulating triple doubles. He had four straight in 2015, so that makes sense. For the win, give the name of this Oklahoma City Point Guard who plays with Kevin Durant. Answer: Russell Westbrook (prompt on “WestGOAT”, “BestBrook”, and “Brodie”)BONI1. (TV) If you’re not watching Gravity Falls on Disney, you should be. For 10 points each, answer some questions about this modern animation masterpiece.[10] The show follows Dipper and Mabel Pines, who spend the summer with their Great Uncle Stan in the town of Gravity Falls in this Northwestern state.Answer: Oregon[10] Gravity Falls is haunted by this being, who takes the form of a one-eyed pyramid with a top hat and a bow tie.Answer: Bill Cipher[10] When this character was first created, series creator Alex Hirsch had the idea that he was hiding his twin in his hair. That idea was never used, but this magical antagonist who is obsessed with Mabel still retained a poofy white hairstyle.Answer: Lil’ Gideon2. (Misc) Jesse Eisenberg and Jason Segel recently starred in The End of the Tour, where Segel decided to go all method in an attempt to become the next comic-actor-turned-dramatist. For ten points,[10] The End of the Tour follows Segel’s David Foster Wallace in a road trip with Eisenberg following the release of this 1996 Wallace novel.Answer: Infinite Jest[10] The plot of Infinite Jest revolves around the final film of the late Himself, James O. Incandenza, which United States Office of Unspecified Services operative and Moment magazine soft-profiler Hugh “Helen” Steeply and wheelchair-bound Quebecois separatist and quadruple agent Remy Marathe refer to by this name, which comes from the Russian for “self-published”.Answer: samizdat[10] Most of the novel takes place in this fictional neighborhood of Boston, the location of a namesake Tennis Academy and the Ennet House Drug and Alcohol Recovery House (sic). It is also the home of the recovering Demerol-addict and former burglar Donald Gately.Answer: Enfield3. (Music) Antwort drei Frage über ein Deutsch Musikgruppe für zehn Punkte jeder.(For the non-German speakers, that means answer three questions about a German band for 10 points each).[10] Identify the German band which created songs like “Ich Will” and “Amerika” where they lambast commercialism and the proliferation of American culture by saying “nach Afrika kommt Santa Claus,/und vor Paris steht Micky Maus.”Answer: Rammstein [10] This popular Rammstein song was featured on one of the Matrix soundtracks, and live performances of this song have involved a prop dildo. This song’s name comes from the homophones for the German words for “to hate” and “to have”. Answer: “Du Hast” [10] In “Mein Teil”, Rammstein sings about this cannibalistic individual by making a pun with the lyric “Denn du bist was du ist” which means “you are what you eat”. This person ate part of a voluntary victim he met over the internet. This creep was convicted of manslaughter in 2004.Answer: Armin Meiwes (accept “Der Metzgermeister” or “The Mass Butcher”) 4. (VG) If you were a hipster gamer as a kid, you should have no problem identifying these obscure video game consoles. If not, attempt to answer them anyway for 10 points each. [10] This system released in 1991 was ludicrously priced out at around 700 bucks when it first came out and had hilariously awful games like Hotel Mario and Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon. Thank you based Nintendo for your legal issues which created those games with all their dank memes. This console lost its parent company almost a billion dollars. Answer: Philips CD-i (prompt on “Phillips)[10] After Apple stupidly decided to fire Steve Jobs in the 90s, they released this shitty console in 1996. Apple partnered with Bandai on this Apple Macintosh derivative and featured the memorable Mr. Potato Head Saves Veggie Valley. Answer: Apple Bandai PiP P!N [pr. “Pip Pin”][10] Before the Nintendo 3DS, there was this migraine and potentially seizure-inducing console. This console featured games like Mario Tennis, and a version of Wario Land. Howard Lincoln of Nintendo of America said this console “just failed”.Answer: Virtual Boy 5. (Movies) Lights. Camera. Shitty Action movies for 10 points each. [10] This 1987 action film was lost until 2012. In this film, a rock band member fights motorcycle ninjas in Florida. Y.K. Kim stars as the single-named Mark. Answer: The Miami Connection [10] This actor has appeared in classics like xXx and Knockaround Guys, and is set to appear in 2016’s The Last Witch Hunter. Answer: Vin Diesel [10] Jackie Chan starred in this 1998 Hong Kong film where he portrays a character who cannot remember his name and instead says his name is the title of this flick. In this film, Chan’s character must stop the sale of an extraterrestrial compound. Answer: Who Am I? 6. (Sports) Editor’s Note: I wrote this bonus before I knew this set could be read at a Canadian tournament. Sorry.This Toronto Raptor miraculously scored 51 points against the Clippers in early 2014. For 10 points, [10] Identify that Raptors small forward and former Washington Huskies basketball player who was overpaid for his efforts in the 2015 offseason to the tune of 3 years/31 million. Answer: Terrence Ross [10] Other players have had surprising scoring explosions including this player who was the first player ever drafted by the Raptors. This point guard, who last played in 2008, scored 54 points for the Trailblazers against the New Orleans Hornets in 2005.Answer: Damon Stoudamire[10] You may be more familiar with this player who eviscerated the Raptors for 81 points in 2006 while guarded by players like Jalen Rose. This Laker and 5 time champion is also known as “The Black Mamba”. Answer: Kobe “Bean” Bryant (accept “Kobe”)7. (TV) This TV character is blamed for the crimes of the murderer he is pursuing in Season 2 of the show in which this character appears. [10] For 10 points, identify that character played by actor Hugh Dancy who tries to reenact the murders he is investigating while working alongside people like Alana Bloom and agent Jack Crawford.Answer: Will Graham (accept either)[10] Graham appears in this dark NBC drama that was canceled after 3 seasons. Murders in this show often involve hella-fucking-epic cinematography and stags. Mads Mikkelsen plays the titular psychiatrist. Answer: Hannibal[10] On Hannibal, this actress plays Hannibal’s psychiatrist (as if one could fucking help him). In one especially trippy scene, her character Bedelia du Maurier appears to drown in a bathtub, but it’s all a metaphor so I guess not. This actress may be better known as Stella Gibson from The Fall.Answer: Gillian Anderson8. (Pop) There have been undeserving Academy Award winners over the years that really grind people’s gears. Identify some “winners” for 10 points each.[10] Everyone’s favorite movie of all time that people secretly think is boring, Citizen Kane, lost to this film in 1941. This John Ford film is about a Welsh mining town at the turn of the century.Answer: How Green was my Valley[10] Many bash this 2011 French silent film directed by Michel Hazanavicius for winning so many Oscars. This film is about a silent movie star, played by Academy Award winner Jean Dujardin, who falls in love with a young dancer. Answer: The Artist[10] War movies seem to be kinda underrated at the Oscars including The Thin Red Line which lost to Shakespeare in Love in 1998. This director directed The Thin Red Line as well as The Tree of Life, which got hosed at the 2012 actors because the Academy Award voters aren’t smart enough to get this director. Answer: Terrence Malick 9. (VG) Answer some questions about the most addictive and popular drug of January 2014.[10] Straight outta Vietnam, this game, designed by Nguyen Ha Dong, follows a bird trying to fly through pipes stolen from Mario.Answer: Flappy Bird[10] Despite the game’s massive success, Dong took the game down from the App store and Play store because its addictive nature was weighing heavily on his conscience. Apparently the game’s daily revenue, valued at this amount, was not enough to pacify him. You can give the number in a range of 25,000 in either directionAnswer: $50,000 (accept anything in the interval [25,000 , 75,000])[10] This is, apparently, the name of the bird. Good luck.Answer: Gaby10. (Sports) Answer some questions about the old-school NFL before there was fancy Superb Owls and diva receivers and Twitter for 10 points each.[10] This player was an athletic sensation as he also participated in the Olympic Pentathlon, and lettered in 15 sports in high school. Oh yeah, he was also named President of the NFL in 1920 and was a Hall of Famer who completed several field goals. Dwight Eisenhower blew out his knee trying to tackle this man when Eisenhower played college football. Answer: Jim Thorpe[10] This NFC North team experienced tremendous success in the 50s and 60s under quarterback Bart Starr and legendary coach Vince Lombardi. Answer; The Green Bay Packers (accept either) [10] With a career stretching from 1949 to 1960, this LA Rams and Philadelphia Eagles quarterback was named first team All-pro and MVP in 1960. This obscure player is likely better known for owning the single game passing record of 554 yards to this day, somehow. Answer: Norm Van Brocklin 11. (Music) Pop punk used to be really big even though we all knew it sucked. Florida has a plethora of pop punkery, so identify some bands from The Sunshine state. [10] This Jacksonville 90s and early 2000s quintet is famous for songs such as “Only One” and “Ocean Avenue”. Answer: Yellowcard[10] Often called a one-hit-wonder, this screamo band sang that “this doesn’t hurt/She said” in “Face Down”. This Middleburg, Florida band also produced the relative hits “False Pretense” and “California”. Answer: The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus [10] This Gainsville ska-punk band formed in 1992 released their fifth album Anthem which featured singles like “She’s Gonna Break Soon” and “The Science of Selling Yourself Short”. They founded their own record label Sleep it off Records in 2008.Answer: Less Than Jake12. (Misc) You probably learned about this tournament on this website. If you didn’t, you will probably bagel this bonus. For 10 points each… [10] Name that quizbowl forum you probably visited. You may have also visited its high school, college, or regional discussion sub-forums.Answer: (prompt on “quizbowl forums”, accept )[10] In your college trash career, you may have played last year’s “Ryan Leaf Memorial Tournament” which was a NFL tournament written by this U-M player and Byzantine expert.Answer: Colin Parks [10] You may run into this individual while playing HSNCT or ICT. This man is in the president of NAQT, so he is pretty important. Answer: Robert Hentzel 13. (Sports) Over the past two millennia, there have been several impressive baseball players who have donned the Pinstripes. Identify some for 10 points each. [10] This former Yankees pitcher was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1974. This wearer of number 16 won the 1961 Cy Young and also won 10 World Series games in his career. Answer: White Ford [10] Despite being a reliever, this player actually leads the Yankees pitchers in career WAR earned while on the Yankees. This player’s walk up song was “Enter Sandman” because he was a metal head and he had a microscopic career .70 postseason ERA.Answer: Mariano Rivera [10] This player did not spend much time with the Yankees but is notable for crushing the hearts of Bosox fans in Game 7 of the 2003 ALCS when he hit a homerun in the eleventh inning off of Tim Wakefield. This player is now unfortunately employed by ESPN. Answer: Aaron Boone 14. (Movies) This character never takes off her signature shoes and is a high school dropout. She has sex with the protagonist of the film she appears in shortly after the protagonist meets aptly-named porn filmmaker Jack Horner. [10] For 10 points, identify that character played Heather Graham. Answer: Rollergirl [10] Rollergirl appeared in Boogie Nights along with the well-endowed Dirk Diggler. The film was directed by this man who also directed 2015’s Inherent Vice and There Will Be Blood. Answer: Paul Thomas Anderson (prompt on partial, accept “P.T. Anderson”, do NOT accept Paul W.S. Anderson)[10] PTA also directed this 2002 movie starring Adam Sandler as Barry Egan. In this romcom, Egan operates a company that produced novelty items like themed toilet plungers, but things go wrong when he calls a phone-sex operator. Pudding is heavily involved.Answer: Punch-Drunk Love15. (VG) We have had a 4/4 sports distro in this packet. We have yet to have any esports questions, so let's give those nerds some kudos for 10 points each. [10] This e-sports team founded in 2009 was started by the Dinh brothers who played League of Legends. This team has corporate sponsors in GEICO, Logitech, and HTC. Super Smash Brothers Melee player Leffen and the Smash 4 undisputed world number 1 play ZeRo for this team. Answer: Team SoloMid (accept TSM) [10] Like Leffen, this Smasher is from Sweden. This Peach and Fox main won Genesis 3 in January 2016 and Beast 6 in February 2016. This man has played doubles with his brothers and the eccentric Mew2King. ESPN wrote an article about this player and ZeRo even though no one, thankfully, gives a shit about esports.Answer: Armada (accept Adam Lindgren) [10] This Blizzard game has started to become relevant in esports after 5,000 dollar scholarships were given as prizes to college students in March 2014. Ostkaka won 100 grand from this game at BlizzCon 2015. In this game, which takes place on , players collect cards.Answer: Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft 16. (Music) Does anyone here remember the 80s? Probably not, but you might know something about the music of the 80s. If you do, you’ll be rewarded with 10 points an answer. [10] This British pop group lead by singer Pete Burns, and guitarist Wayne Hussey has also became a hit in Japan. This group may be most famous for hits like “Brand New Lover” and the song where the singer “gets to know your name”, and “move a little bit closer”, —“You Spin Me Round”. Answer: Dead or Alive [10] This Hall and Oates song was a number 1 Billboard hit in 1982. This song describes a person who only comes out at night and the singer sings “Oh, here she comes/Watch out boy she'll chew you up”. Answer: “Man Eater” [10] In 1988, future hipsters became ecstatic when this Sonic Youth album was released. The most famous tracks from this album include “Silver Rocket”, “Candle”, and “Teen Age Riot”. This album, which preceded 1990’s Goo, was chosen by the Library of Congress to go into the National Recording Registry in 2005.Answer: Daydream Nation17. (Sports) [Note to moderator: please read the bonus intro in a Hulk Hogan voice if possible] Hey brother! This wrestler once went on the Fantasy Focus Football podcast where he called host Nate Ravitz a weasel, man. For 10 points…[10] Identify that wrestler and WWE Hall of Famer from the 80s and 90s who is currently suing Gawker after Gawker released a sex tape where this man was filmed calling his daughter’s boyfriend the “n word”.Answer: Hulk Hogan[10] Hogan was once rivals with this other wrestler. This Frenchman unfortunately died young at age 46-which is partially due to his size. This wrestler co-starred in The Princess Bride and appeared in the memorable 1994 film Trading Mom. Answer: Andre the Giant (prompt on Andre, I guess) [10] Wrestling announcer Vince McMahon is known for announcing this 1987 event that took place in Pontiac, Michigan. At this event, Hogan used his patented leg drop to defeat the 520 pound Andre the Giant.Answer: Wrestlemania III (prompt on “Wrestlemania”) 18. (TV) For 10 points an answer, answer some questions about the anime that everyone loves to hate. Okay, maybe only anime fans hate this show but fuck it. [10] Identify that anime that features characters like Kagami Hiiragi, Miyuki Takara, and Minami Iwasaki. This slice-of-life anime is, surprisingly, based on a manga, and follows the characters as they start high school. Answer: Lucky Star[10] This girl is the star of Lucky Star. Due to her father’s influence, this blue-haired character loves the otaku lifestyle and is obsessed with anime, manga, and adult video games. Because of this, her grades suffer. One of FTP’s writers hates this show because of gifs featuring this character.Answer: Konata Izumi (accept either) [10] This bonus needs an easy part. How about you identify the shonen anime and manga that follows a rubber gentleman named Monkey D. Luffy? He travels with the Straw Hat Pirates. This show was on Toonami along with the show about the miraculously mustachio’d Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo.Answer: One Piece19. (Movies) True film or kino buffs may be angry at the movie questions in FTP. I won’t deny that there has been some utter shite, but perhaps a question about an auteur will cheer y’all up. So for 10 points each… [10] This director has directed cinematic masterpieces such as Assault on Wall Street and Postal. This German is famous for his doctorate in literature which allowed him to create deep characters such as the Farmer in In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale. Answer: Uwe Boll [10] Boll released a YouTube video titled “fuck you all” after this worthy project failed to get enough funding on kickstarter and similar websites. The first film in this magnificent franchise starred Brendan Fletcher as Bill Williamson. Answer: Rampage III (prompt on “Rampage”) [10] In Boll’s Postal, this Grosse Pointe born actor had the good fortune of being cast as Candidate Wells. This actor also played J. Jonah Jameson in Spider-Man and was Vern on the TV show Oz. This character actor has also been utilized in Farmers Insurance advertisements. Answer: J.K. Simmons 20. (Music) He’s a picker, he’s a grinner, he’s a lover, and he’s a sinner. Answer some questions about the Steve Miller Band’s magnum opus, “The Joker”.[10] Some people call him a space cowboy, and others call him the gangster of love. However, others call him Maurice (wah-wow) because he does this action.Answer: speaks with the pompatus of love (make sure they say “pompatus” so prompt on partial)[10] Steve Miller compares the listener’s breasts to these fuzzy fruits, and how they really make him want to “shake your tree”Answer: peaches[10] The Pompatus of Love was also a 1996 comedy that spent way too much time analyzing the lyrics of “The Joker”. This actor played Mark, a therapist who is worried about moving in with his girlfriend. At least he ends up with the girl, unlike this actor’s character in Pretty in Pink.Answer: Jon Cryer ................
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